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“A beautiful, thoughtful
portrait of the anxieties and paradoxes of modern Jewish life.” |
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Linda Grant
(author - We Had It
So Good; When I Lived In Modern Times; etc)
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Linda Grant website
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“Moving, funny and uplifting...
one of the most interesting, charming and well-written novels about
being Jewish and English ever.” |
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Amanda Craig
(author - Hearts & Minds,
etc)
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Amanda Craig website
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“A charming tale... a
delightful read. A vivid picture of the perplexing muddle that is the
capital’s Jewish population today.” |
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Jewish Chronicle
Read full
review online
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“For an
exploration of Jewish identity, I strongly recommend Andrew Sanger's novel The J-Word.” |
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Ruth Gledhill, The Times
Comment appears in news article about a legal case
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Full article online
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“The most
fantastic novel I've read for many a year. I strongly recommend it.
When I got to the end I turned back to page one and read it again. It
was just as good second time round.” |
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Chas Newkey-Burden, oyvagoy.com
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review online
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“[The] long-sustained
quest to become truly “English” and fully assimilated is a situation
quite familiar to readers of Jewish-American literature. But the book
also reflects newer aspects of Jewish contemporary experience that
cannot fail to resonate in an American reader just as they might in an
English one.” |
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Erika Dreifus
(author - Quiet
Americans, etc)
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Erika Dreifus website
Read full
review online
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“Every so
often one comes across a book...that inspires introspection. The J-Word is a reminder
that... there is something deeply ingrained in Jewish identity that
connects us all.” |
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Jewish Book Council, New York
Read PDF of full review. Published September, 2009
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“A
fascinating exposure of the vagaries of Jewish identity and its impact
on individual lives. A considerable achievement.” |
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Hampstead & Highgate Express
Read PDF of full review. Published June 11, 2009
(NB: Review
spans page fold and is headed: "Debut's impressive stroll around the
Jewish north")
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“Fast-moving
and thought-provoking. A thrilling read.” |
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– Canada
Post
Canada Post website - review no longer online
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“A
remarkably accomplished debut from a talented writer.” |
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Modern British Fiction, suite101.com
Read full
review online
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“Paradoxes
are integral to The J-Word, the accomplished first novel of travel
writer Andrew Sanger, which brings to life the vagaries of Jewish
identity against a vivid north-west London backdrop.” |
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AJR Journal
Journal of the Association of Jewish Refugees in
Great Britain - this review in Aug 2009 issue is not online
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“Witty,
plausible, keeps you guessing to the
end... a really good read.” |
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Wessex Jewish News
This review in Rosh Hashanah 2009 edition is not online
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“Did
I say I was Jewish? I should be Jewish all of a
sudden?”
Argumentative, Yiddish-speaking, 80-year-old
Jack Silver has reluctantly returned to Golders Green
to care for his 10-year-old grandson, Danny.
Unpredictable and outspoken but warm-hearted, Jack is
resolutely secular and repudiates everything Jewish.
His profoundly troubled son, a successful journalist,
has followed in his footsteps, while the brilliant
young Danny has been kept in ignorance of his Jewish
heritage.
When Jack is
beaten up by an antisemitic gang, it changes everything.
He and Danny secretly set out to outwit and track
down the thugs and bring them to justice.
The hunt takes Jack into memories of his own
childhood and the two unlikely heroes discover a
shared identity spanning generations that eventually
draws the whole family together.
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PRICE: UK£7.99 / US$14.95.
Published by
Snowbooks.
Publication date: UK - 19 January 2009, USA - January
2010.
Paperback: 352 pages
(105,000 words) Perfect
bound.
ISBN-10: 1905005954. ISBN-13: 978-1905005956.
Kindle Edition: published 1 December 2011.
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About Andrew Sanger
Andrew
Sanger is an award-winning freelance journalist and
travel writer who has lived and worked in several
countries, including Greece, India, the USA and the
Languedoc region of southern France. He has
contributed to a wide spectrum of print and online
publications, including most UK national newspapers.
In addition, Andrew has written some
thirty travel guides, especially on France, Ireland, Belgium, the Canary Islands and Israel,
with his most recent titles published in 2011. Andrew Sanger
now lives in NW London.
Contact Andrew Sanger by clicking
here
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