The Finkler Question – Howard Jacobson

The question being, presumably, “What was the point of that?”.

Trumpeted as the first comic novel to win the Booker, it seems to me to be too parochial to be really worthy of the prize. If you’re not a London-based academic/media type (like the Booker judging panel, I’m guessing), it’s hard to imagine why you would share most of the character’s concerns. There are a few good jokes, though.