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All those words of praise they use for novels – spare, economical. Why should I shell out £17 for economical?

— Howard Jacobson

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In the matrimonial life of the Jewish male every day is Yom Kippur.

Coming from Behind (1983)

He was as sentimental as Hitler about applause and crowds.

Coming from Behind (1983)

Although I was too young to understand the theory of universal (that's to say male) guilt, I was old enough to know which sex suffered migraine and which sex caused it.

Redback (1986)

In the highly improbable event of his being asked to nominate the one most un-Jewish thing he could think of, Sefton Goldberg would have been hard pressed to decide between Nature – that's to say birds, trees, flowers, and country walks – and football – that's to say beer, bikies, mud, and physical pain.

Coming from Behind (1983)

Interviewed for Nextbook (14 September 2004).

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