Howard Jacobson on Howl

Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson joins Tom’s Book Club to discuss his new novel Howl.In this thoughtful and wide-ranging conversation, Jacobson explores the emotional and political landscape that shaped the book, set in the fraught aftermath of October 7th. The novel follows Ferdinand Draxler, a London headteacher struggling to make sense of a world, and a self, that suddenly feels unstable.Howard and Tom discuss writing fiction in response to real-world crisis and the role of humour in dark times. They also talk about Marty Supreme, whether the Booker Prize changes how you see your own career and if Howard will ever be done with writing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.