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In "The Finkler Question," former BBC radio producer Julian Treslove and Jewish philosopher Sam Finkler, two friends with very different lives, reunite at their teacher Libor Sevcik’s apartment. The evening, filled with nostalgia and the shared melancholy of their pasts, is interrupted when Treslove is attacked outside a violin dealer’s window. He attributes the assault to anti‑Semitic hostility, and the incident alters his sense of self, bringing to the fore themes of friendship, belonging, and the wisdom that comes with maturity.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Howard Jacobson
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