From the beginning Oliver Walzer is a natural - at ping-pong. Even with his improvised bat (the Collins Classic edition of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) he can chop, flick, half-volley like a champion. At sex he is not so adept, but with tuition from Sheeny Waxman, fellow member of the Akiva Social Club Table Tennis Team and stalwart of the Kardomah coffee bar, his game improves.
Winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize.
| ISBN: | 9780099274728 |
| Publication date: | 6th April 2000 |
| Author: | Howard Jacobson |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 387 pages |
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Narrative theme: Coming of age Modern and Contemporary Fiction |