Howard Jacobson

Howard Eric Jacobson is a British novelist and journalist born on 25 August 1942 in Manchester, England, known for his comic novels exploring the dilemmas of British Jewish characters[1][2]. He won the Man Booker Prize in 2010 for his novel The Finkler Question[1][6]. Jacobson is also a broadcaster, critic, and educator who has lectured at universities in Cambridge and Sydney[3][4].

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