Mothers Boy by Howard Jacobson

A wonderful memoir written with great linguistic brio. Candid shrewd and moving a classic of its kind. William Boyd Laughoutloud glorious and uproarious of course but dont let the selfribbing fool you this is deep and poignant. Simon Schama Howard Jacobsons funny revealing and tender memoir of his path to becoming a writer Its my theory that only the unhappy the uncomfortable the gauche the badly put together aspire to make art. Why would you seek to reshape the world unless you were il Hardback