The Finkler Question

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The Finkler Question

LC Class

PR6060.A32 F56 2010b

The Finkler Question is a 2010 novel written by British author Howard Jacobson. The novel won the Booker Prize.

Plot synopsis

Julian Treslove, a professionally unspectacular former

gossip columnist.

Now, both Libor and Finkler are recently widowed, and Treslove's chequered and unsuccessful record with women qualify him as an honorary third widower. They dine together at Libor's grand apartment in central

over their land disputes. The novel coalesces into an ending that brings together the disparate narrative strands amongst the three central male characters.

Critical response

Chairman of the judges and former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion said, "The Finkler Question should not be seen as something that was 'relentlessly middle-brow, or easy-peasy' because it was comic. It is much cleverer and more complicated and about much more difficult things than it immediately lets you know. Several people have used the word wise, and that's a good word."^[1]

Awards and honours

The novel won the

. In his acceptance speech, Jacobson claimed he was going to spend his £50,000 prize money on a handbag for his wife, asking, "Have you seen the price of handbags?"

It was shortlisted for the

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