Howl
$57.87
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
4 April 2026
Summary
Howl: A Descent into Darkness
A pitch-black novel of obsession and pain about a headmaster grappling with world events and existential despair.
A tragicomic portrait of one man’s unravelling in an absurd, twisted world, Howl is the propulsive new novel from Booker-Prize winner Howard Jacobson.
In the aftermath of October 7, Ferdinand Draxler walks the streets of London in despair. Everything has changed - the sights, the sound, the spirit. He too is not who …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787336445 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787336441 |
| Author: | Howard Jacobson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 4 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 138mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
Howard Jacobson’s Howl is fearless, furious and unbearably tender - a darkly comic reckoning with history, identity and what it means to stay sane when the world is coming apart. It’s a rare novel that feels absolutely of this moment and is also destined to stand the test of time. – Noreena HertzBold and brilliant, Howl is Howard Jacobson at his finest. A challenging novel that demands to be read and talked about – Anthony Seldon
About The Author
Howard Jacobson
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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