Howard Jacobson — The Mighty Walzer

London, Jonathan Cape, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Jacobsen's humorous fiction novel, which revolves around a ping-pong champion, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'The Mighty Walzer' is a 1999 novel about a teenage ping-pong champion, that won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comedy writing. The author, Howard Jacobson, says that the novel is loosely autobiographical, as he was a table-tennis fan himself in his teenage years. Howard Jacobson is a British novelist and journalist, known for writing comedy novels that revolve around British Jewish characters. He is also a Man Booker Prize winner. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with no noticeable faults. Dust wrapper is also excellent, with very light shelf wear around the spine. Internally, pages are firmly bound. Pages are bright and very clean throughout, with just a bit of age-toning to page margins. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.