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The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
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did not like it
bookshelves: 2020, did-not-finish

DNF at 100 pages. Very uninteresting and disconnected ramblings of two or three (I have no idea) probably Jewish characters which didn't seem to have any plot to speak of, any characters about which the reader could become interested, or anything connecting what was written about in one paragraph to what was in the next. For a comic novel it contained nothing I found humorous or witty. No idea why this won The Booker Prize.
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Reading Progress

July 11, 2018 – Shelved
July 11, 2018 – Shelved as: to-read
August 10, 2020 – Started Reading
August 10, 2020 – Shelved as: 2020
August 11, 2020 – Shelved as: did-not-finish
August 11, 2020 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Sandra (new)

Sandra So it wasn't just me? Phew!


message 2: by Carol (new)

Carol Seems from the other reviews that no one like this.


message 3: by Nick (new) - rated it 1 star

Nick Davies I got the impression you had to want to work very hard in order to get enjoyment from this - am sure there's probably something witty and incisive in there, but I wasn't going to bore myself stupid looking for it!


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