Howard Jacobson

(b.1942)

Born in Manchester, England in 1942, novelist and broadcaster Howard Jacobson was educated at Cambridge University. He lectured at the University of Sydney for three years before returning to England where he taught English at Selwyn College.

Genres: Literary Fiction

Novels

   The Exagoge of Ezekiel (1982)
   Coming from Behind (1983)
   Peeping Tom (1984)
   Redback (1986)
   In the Land of Oz (1987)
   The Very Model of a Man (1992)
   Expulsion from Paradise (1996)
   No More Mr. Nice Guy (1998)
   The Mighty Walzer (1999)
   Who's Sorry Now (2002)
   The Making of Henry (2004)
   Kalooki Nights (2006)
   The Act of Love (2008)
   The Finkler Question (2010)
   Zoo Time (2012)
   J (2014)
   Pussy (2017)
   Live a Little (2019)
   What Will Survive of Us (2024)

Non fiction

   Shakespeare's Magnanimity (1978) (with Wilbur Sanders)
   Roots Schmoots (1993)
   Seeing with the Ear (1993)
   Seriously Funny (1997)
   Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It (2011)
   The Swag Man (2013)
   The Dog's Last Walk (2015)
   Mother's Boy (2022)

Series contributed to

Hogarth Shakespeare
2. Shylock Is My Name (2016)

Awards

	Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel winner (2000) : The Mighty Walzer
	Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2006) : Kalooki Nights
	Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel nominee (2007) : Kalooki Nights
	Booker Prize Best Novel winner (2010) : The Finkler Question
	Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel winner (2013) : Zoo Time
	Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2014) : J
	Goldsmiths Prize Best Book nominee (2014) : J