Howard Jacobson is a British novelist and journalist. He is known for writing comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters. He is a Man Booker Prize winner.Simon Bent is a British screenwriter and playwright, whose work includes the Joe Orton biographical play Prick Up Your Ears, the theatre adaptation of A Prayer for Owen Meany (2002) and Elling (2007).

an achingly funny book…an amazing achievement