Who's Sorry Now?
by Howard Jacobson
From the author of The Mighty Walzer, winner of the Everyman Wodehouse Award, for comic writing.
Marvin Kreitman, the luggage baron of South London, lives for women. At present he loves four – his mother, his wife Hazel, and his two daughters – and is in love with five more. Charlie Merriweather, on the other hand, loves just the one woman, his wife of twenty years. Once a week the two friends meet for a Chinese lunch in Soho, contriving never quite to have the conversation they would like to have. Until today, that is. What follows shows Howard Jacobson in majestic form – unnervingly truthful, poignant, and very, very funny.
Marvin Kreitman, the luggage baron of South London, lives for women. At present he loves four – his mother, his wife Hazel, and his two daughters – and is in love with five more. Charlie Merriweather, on the other hand, loves just the one woman, his wife of twenty years. Once a week the two friends meet for a Chinese lunch in Soho, contriving never quite to have the conversation they would like to have. Until today, that is. What follows shows Howard Jacobson in majestic form – unnervingly truthful, poignant, and very, very funny.
Adultery -- Fiction.Male friendship -- Fiction.London (England) -- Fiction.
RELEASED2002
PUBLISHERJonathan Cape
LENGTH320
LANGUAGEEN
Who's Sorry Now?
by Howard Jacobson
From the author of The Mighty Walzer, winner of the Everyman Wodehouse Award, for comic writing.
Marvin Kreitman, the luggage baron of South London, lives for women. At present he loves four – his mother, his wife Hazel, and his two daughters – and is in love with five more. Charlie Merriweather, on the other hand, loves just the one woman, his wife of twenty years. Once a week the two friends meet for a Chinese lunch in Soho, contriving never quite to have the conversation they would like to have. Until today, that is. What follows shows Howard Jacobson in majestic form – unnervingly truthful, poignant, and very, very funny.
Marvin Kreitman, the luggage baron of South London, lives for women. At present he loves four – his mother, his wife Hazel, and his two daughters – and is in love with five more. Charlie Merriweather, on the other hand, loves just the one woman, his wife of twenty years. Once a week the two friends meet for a Chinese lunch in Soho, contriving never quite to have the conversation they would like to have. Until today, that is. What follows shows Howard Jacobson in majestic form – unnervingly truthful, poignant, and very, very funny.
Adultery -- Fiction.Male friendship -- Fiction.London (England) -- Fiction.
RELEASED2002
PUBLISHERJonathan Cape
LENGTH320
LANGUAGEEN