Anglophenia » Ping Pong http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia The Biggest Names in British Television Thu, 23 May 2013 22:10:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Novelist Howard Jacobson: Make ‘Em Laugh http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/04/novelist-howard-jacobson-make-em-laugh/ http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/04/novelist-howard-jacobson-make-em-laugh/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:51:50 +0000 Paul Hechinger http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/?p=25464 Howard Jacobson says that serious novels should be funny.

“The novel is about making you laugh,” the Man Booker Prize winner told the PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown on his blog Art Beat. Jacobson is currently promoting the American publication of his 1999 novel, The ...

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