Brit Philip Roth Wins Booker
Howard Jacobson, who won the 2010 Man Booker Prize last night for his novel “The Finkler Question,” has been called the “British Philip Roth.” Which leads to The Lemon Question: Why should I read a novel by the British Philip Roth when I can’t keep up with the output of the American Philip Roth, who releases a book every year, as regularly as a nouveau beaujolais?
