ISBN: 9780099501367

Kalooki Nights. Short Title KALOOKI NIGHTS. Comic and entertaining, yet angry, powerful and troubling, it grapples with the legacy of the Holocaust in contemporary life. by Howard Jacobso… Mehr…

Kalooki Nights. Short Title KALOOKI NIGHTS. Comic and entertaining, yet angry, powerful and troubling, it grapples with the legacy of the Holocaust in contemporary life. by Howard Jacobson. Howard Jacobson has written sixteen novels and five works of non-fiction. The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson Grayling, The TimesWild, angry and uproarious, Kalooki Nights is a darkly comic, timely novel of what it means to be human. Max Glickman is son to an atheist boxer, Jack 'The Jew' Glickman, and a glamorous card-playing mother. FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description A blackly comic novel from the British Philip Roth, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize'This book is Jacobson's masterpiece' Jonathan Freedland'A work of genius' A.C. Grayling, The TimesWild, angry and uproarious, Kalooki Nights is a darkly comic, timely novel of what it means to be human.Max Glickman is son to an atheist boxer, Jack 'The Jew' Glickman, and a glamorous card-playing mother. Growing up in the peace and security of the 1950s Manchester suburbs, the word 'extermination' haunts his vocabulary and Nazis lurk in his imagination.When his childhood friend Manny is released from prison, the tug of religion and history proves too strong to be ignored and Max must accept there is no refuge from the dead...'Raging, contentious, hilarious, holy, deicidal, heart-breaking' Sunday Telegraph Notes Fantastic reviews greeted this latest novel from Howard Jacobson and it was longlisted for the Man Booker. Comic and entertaining, yet angry, powerful and troubling, it grapples with the legacy of the Holocaust in contemporary life. 'This is a welcome return to the Yiddish-inspired humour at which Jacobson excels, and which has rightly earned him comparisons with Philip Roth' Guardian; 'A novel of genius' Independent Author Biography Howard Jacobson has written sixteen novels and five works of non-fiction. He won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Award in 2000 for The Mighty Walzer and then again in 2013 for Zoo Time. In 2010 he won the Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question; he was also shortlisted for the prize in 2014 for J. Review In this age of lazy reviewing, facile judgment and inflated rhetoric, how is one to convey news of the arrival of a work of genius? This powerful, troubling, moving, profound novel is nothing less. Its architecture - more accurately: its engineering, the construction of it - is a feat of brilliance, so sustained and accurate is it, and yet this is the least of its merits. What really steals one's breath away is its sharpness and depth of insight - a sharpness that flays, and a depth almost too vertiginous to describe - and the remorseless tragedy it unfolds, even as it makes one laugh aloud, sometimes in shock. It is the most intelligent and important novel to appear in this country in years. -- AC Grayling * The Times *This is turbocharged; someone has put a rocket under Jacobson and the result is scintillating....Jacobson is quite simply a master of comic precision. He writes like a dream, with a complete mastery of technique...He can have you in stitches either with a long, beautifully timed paragraph or with a mere two words... -- Nick Lezard * Evening Standard *The raging, contentious, hilarious, holy, deicidal, heartbreaking Kalooki Nights is a novel that stands toe-to-toe with the greats -- Christopher Cleave * Sunday Telegraph *Kalooki Nights is a book to laugh at, learn from and argue with -- David Horspool * The Times *Very funny...a rich, dense book...not so much like reading a novel as sharing a train carriage with its narrator...There is much to learn and a good deal to enjoy * Spectator * Promotional 'The raging, contentious, hilarious, holy, deicidal, heartbreaking KALOOKI NIGHTS is a novel that stands toe-to-toe with the greats' - Christopher Hitchens, Sunday Telegraph Review Text In this age of lazy reviewing, facile judgment and inflated rhetoric, how is one to convey news of the arrival of a work of genius? This powerful, troubling, moving, profound novel is nothing less. Its architecture - more accurately: its engineering, the construction of it - is a feat of brilliance, so sustained and accurate is it, and yet this is the least of its merits. What really steals one's breath away is its sharpness and depth of insight - a sharpness that flays, and a depth almost too vertiginous to describe - and the remorseless tragedy it unfolds, even as it makes one laugh aloud, sometimes in shock. It is the most intelligent and important novel to appear in this country in years. Review Quote In this age of lazy reviewing, facile judgment and inflated rhetoric, how is one to convey news of the arrival of a work of genius? This powerful, troubling, moving, profound novel is nothing less. Its architecture - more accurately: its engineering, the construction of it - is a feat of brilliance, so sustained and accurate is it, and yet this is the least of its merits. What really steals one's breath away is its sharpness and depth of insight - a sharpness that flays, and a depth almost too vertiginous to describe - and the remorseless tragedy it unfolds, even as it makes one laugh aloud, sometimes in shock. It is the most intelligent and important novel to appear in this country in years. Promotional "Headline" 'The raging, contentious, hilarious, holy, deicidal, heartbreaking KALOOKI NIGHTS is a novel that stands toe-to-toe with the greats' - Christopher Hitchens, Sunday Telegraph Details ISBN0099501368 Author Howard Jacobson Pages 480 Year 2007 ISBN-10 0099501368 ISBN-13 9780099501367 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Media Book Birth 1942 Language English Short Title KALOOKI NIGHTS Series Vintage Books Publisher Vintage Publishing UK Release Date 2007-09-06 Publication Date 2007-09-06 AU Release Date 2007-09-06 NZ Release Date 2007-09-06 Alternative 9781446413029 Audience General We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERYNo matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENTPeace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:14732232; , Neu, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], ISBN-13: 9780099501367, EAN: 9780099501367, Publication Year: 2007, Format: Paperback, Language: English, Book Title: Kalooki Nights, Item Height: 198mm, Topic: Books, Item Width: 129mm, Item Weight: 330g, Number of Pages: 480 Pages, Vintage Publishing<

2007, ISBN: 9780099501367

‘This book is Jacobson’s masterpiece’ Jonathan Freedland'A work of genius' A.C. Grayling, The TimesWild, angry and uproarious, Kalooki Nights is a darkly comic, timely novel of what it me… Mehr…

‘This book is Jacobson’s masterpiece’ Jonathan Freedland'A work of genius' A.C. Grayling, The TimesWild, angry and uproarious, Kalooki Nights is a darkly comic, timely novel of what it means to be human. Max Glickman is son to an atheist boxer, Jack 'The Jew' Glickman, and a glamorous card-playing mother. Growing up in the peace and security of the 1950s Manchester suburbs, the word 'extermination' haunts his vocabulary and Nazis lurk in his imagination. When his childhood friend Manny is released from prison, the tug of religion and history proves too strong to be ignored and Max must accept there is no refuge from the dead... 'Raging, contentious, hilarious, holy, deicidal, heart-breaking’ Sunday Telegraph Books Howard Jacobson|Paperback|Vintage Publishing|06/09/2007, Vintage Publishing<

2007, ISBN: 9780099501367

Vintage, Taschenbuch, 480 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-09-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.72 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1764695, Gegenwartsliteratur, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Welt… Mehr…

Vintage, Taschenbuch, 480 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-09-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.72 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1764695, Gegenwartsliteratur, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Weltliteratur, Taschenbücher, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, Vintage, 2007<