{"product_id":"the-making-of-henry-howard-jacobson-9781400078615","title":"The Making of Henry","description":"\u003cb\u003eMan Booker Prize-Winning Author of THE FINKLER QUESTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSwathed in his kimono, drinking tea from his samovar, Henry Nagle is temperamentally opposed to life in the 21st century. Preferring not to contemplate the great intellectual and worldly success of his best boyhood friend, he argues constantly with his father, an upholsterer turned fire-eater-and now dead for many years. When he goes out at all, Henry goes after other men's wives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when he mysteriously inherits a sumptuous apartment, Henry's life changes, bringing on a slick descendant of Robert Louis Stevenson, an excitable red setter, and a wise-cracking waitress with a taste for danger. All of them demand his attention, even his love, a word which barely exists in Henry's magisterial vocabulary, never mind his heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From one of England's most highly regarded writers, \u003cb\u003eThe Making of Henry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a ravishing novel, at once wise, tender and mordantly funny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Jacobson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 140007861X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400078615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.26w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2004 pg. 649\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2004 pg. 1899\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/26\/2004 pg. 24","brand":"Howard Jacobson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44716391366911,"sku":"9781400078615","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b73e14a-a995-4204-8ea6-d7012ccd3c51.jpg?v=1705682140","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-making-of-henry-howard-jacobson-9781400078615","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}