Howard Jacobson — Coming from Behind
London, Chatto & Windus, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A smart review copy of this first edition novel from British writer Howard Jacobson. First edition. Review copy with request from publisher. Following Sefton Goldberg, a English teacher at an undernourished polytechnic in the West Midlands and his gnawing awareness of being an urban Jew in a sea of country-loving Anglo-Saxons. Written by Howard Eric Jacobson, a British novelist and journalist who writes comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
