6
0
Support the library.
Your support helps keep books free for everyone ❤️
📍 Noticed
Howl
by Howard Jacobson
Sponsored
Synopsis
A tragicomic portrait of one man's unravelling in an absurd, twisted world, Howl is the propulsive new novel from Booker-Prize winner Howard Jacobson.In the aftermath of October 7, Ferdinand Draxler walks the streets of London in despair. Everything has changed – the sights, the ...
A tragicomic portrait of one man's unravelling in an absurd, twisted world, Howl is the propulsive new novel from Booker-Prize winner Howard Jacobson.
In the aftermath of October 7, Ferdinand Draxler walks the streets of London in despair. Everything has changed – the sights, the sound, the spirit. He too is not who he was. Is he at the crossroads of history or is it just a bend in the cul-de-sac of his own gloomy nature?
The son of a Holocaust survivor who accuses him of cowardice and the father of a daughter who sees him as complicit in genocide, Draxler fixates on bad news. He shouts at the television. He carries his own tin of paint to cover up graffiti. The staffroom at the primary school of which he is headmaster has become a battlefield of inflamed opinion he does nothing to quiet.
His wife Charmian is a beacon of calm but even she isn't sure she can save Ferdie from himself. 'Don't worry about me,' he tells her. 'I don't have what it takes to go mad.'
'He just gets better and better' Giles Coren
In the aftermath of October 7, Ferdinand Draxler walks the streets of London in despair. Everything has changed – the sights, the sound, the spirit. He too is not who he was. Is he at the crossroads of history or is it just a bend in the cul-de-sac of his own gloomy nature?
The son of a Holocaust survivor who accuses him of cowardice and the father of a daughter who sees him as complicit in genocide, Draxler fixates on bad news. He shouts at the television. He carries his own tin of paint to cover up graffiti. The staffroom at the primary school of which he is headmaster has become a battlefield of inflamed opinion he does nothing to quiet.
His wife Charmian is a beacon of calm but even she isn't sure she can save Ferdie from himself. 'Don't worry about me,' he tells her. 'I don't have what it takes to go mad.'
'He just gets better and better' Giles Coren
You May Also Like
New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Vol 1
Max Allan Collins
Scoring With the Wrong Twin
Naima Simone
Indoor Edible Garden: Creative Ways to Grow Herbs, Fruits, and Vegetables in Your Home
Zia Allaway
Princess of Dune
Brian Herbert
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
The Queens of Crime
Marie Benedict
Non Fiction Picks
View All
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories Superspreaders and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain
Sociopath: A Memoir
Patric Gagne
Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
Mark B. Smith
Small Stories of Great Artists
Laurence Anholt
The Third Gilmore Girl
Kelly Bishop
