THE Finkler Question is the story of friendship between men and their bonding with their former teacher. Julian Tresolve, a BBC radio producer is mugged one day, probably because he was mistaken to be a Jew and this sparks in him a desire to become Jewish. Sam Finkler his friend is a popular Jewish philosopher and the teacher Libor Sevcik is a Czech-Jewish refugee. Author Howard Jacobson explores the world of Jews through Julian. All the three are widowers. It is a story of identity crisis of Julian. The book is a story of wisdom, humanity and maturity. -VN
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