Howard Jacobson At 70

There seems to be some dispute as to whether his birthday falls on the 24th or the 25th of August, but in either event Howard Jacobson will be seventy years of age by tomorrow. Jacobson, perhaps the funniest living comic novelist, won the 2010 Booker Prize for The Finkler Question, and has a new novel, Zoo Time

, coming out in October, but if you’re unfamiliar with his work let me recommend The Mighty Walzer, which is one the most hysterical books I’ve ever read. Anyway, many happy etcs., Howard.