What Will Survive of Us

A tender love story… Jacobson’s sentences have always been things of beauty: ornate yet vigorous * Daily Telegraph *
A rare gift and one to be treasured * Sunday Times *
Something more subtle and melancholy than expected. In the best possible way, fans of Jacobson will not be disappointed * Observer *
Essential human truths are conveyed through humour, melancholy and kinetic dialogue * Mail on Sunday *
Equal parts funny and challenging, this is a clear-eyed view of long-term love * Daily Telegraph *
A wonderfully wise, moving and heartfelt novel. A profound and vital book – William Boyd, author of Any Human Heart
Howard Jacobson at his finest. An intense expression of romantic love and sexual desire – Linda Grant, author of The Story of the Forest
Jacobson has lost none of his garrulity and ebullience… What Will Survive of Us powers along with stretches of nimble verbal exchange in which the opponents are equally matched. And you’re never far from a profound reflection on life’s challenges * Literary Review *
Funny, self-knowing and floridly romantic * Oldie *

Howard Jacobson has written eighteen novels and six 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.

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