THE HAWTHORNDEN LITERARY RETREAT EVENT

Howard Jacobson: A Manchester Mother's Boy

  • Mon 15 Aug 13:00 - 14:00
  • Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court
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Howard Jacobson: A Manchester Mother's Boy
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Funny, sophisticated, profound – the novels of Howard Jacobson offer innumerable delights. But the Booker Prize-winning author didn’t publish until he was 40 years old. Now 16 books into a stellar career, Jacobson returns to his roots in Mother’s Boy, a memoir of his Manchester childhood and winding road to literary fame. Join him and author Daniel Hahn for reflections on Jacobson’s Jewish and working class upbringing in the 50s, yielding comic and touching stories.

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