Howard Jacobson`s The Finkler Question

So who’s read the 2010 Man Booker-winner, Howard Jacobson’s The Finkler Question? I used to pride myself on reading the Booker winner and a few of the short-lists every year, but have missed a few…

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Everybody’s working for/on the weekend . . .

We’ve skipped over to Vancouver for the weekend — after all, it’s been over three weeks since we last saw Nola, and granddaughters grow too quickly . . . Took in a very worthwhile exhibit…

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61 Hours of Winter Reading . . .

While travelling, I read Lee Child’s 61 Hours, a paperback I’d given Paul for Christmas. While I can sympathize with Tiffany’s frustration with this mystery (I know she expressed this somewhere recently, but I can’t…

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Eating our way through San Francisco . . .

Let me begin my post on eating with a photo of my cycling in Yountville — and mad props to Pater for setting this one up — I’d have sworn (based on much experience!) that…

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Silence is Golden . . . and my Eyes Still See . . .

Not only am I trying to make some headway on an article I’m supposed to be writing (Research Leave isn’t all about traipsing around lovely new cities, after all), but I spent the weekend with…

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