Redback

by Howard Jacobson

Book Overview

Winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize. Karl Leon Forelock is a product of the northern English town of Partington (the wettest spot in Europe) and a graduate with a double starred first in the Moral... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670815411
• ISBN13: 9780670815418
• Release Date: June 1987
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent humorous book on human nature and Western society

There are several wars going on... Women versus men, liberals versus conservatives, left wing versus right wing, academics versus real world, British versus colonials, rich versus poor etc. What are the odds that all of these wars victimize the same person, the hero (?) of this excellent book ! I cannot find any other way to comment on "Redback" except that I consider it one of the best examples of British humor and that I am certainly going to read every book written by Howard Jacobson