For the first time in Russian - a novel that won the Booker Prize in 2010! Howard Jacobson is a prominent British writer and columnist, a popular TV presenter, winner of the Wodehouse Prize, awarded for the best humorous work. When critics called him “the English Philip Roth,” he replied: “No, I’m the Jewish Jane Austen.” The novel Finkler's Question - about male friendship and tragic loss, about redemption by love and the miraculous power of delusion, about a gypsy's prediction coming true after decades and door handles wrapped in ham - became the first overtly humorous story to win the Booker in the history of the prize. Announcing the winner, the chairman The jury, former royal court poet Andrew Motion, said: “The role of comedy in society has changed - life is perhaps easier for us now than ever... This is an amazing book. Of course, very funny, but also very smart, sad and subtle. It has everything you expect from it and much more. A completely deserved victory.”