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“A beautiful, thoughtful portrait of the anxieties and paradoxes of modern Jewish life.”

– Linda Grant Linda Grant website

“A charming tale... a delightful read. A vivid picture of the perplexing muddle that is the capital’s Jewish population today.”

– Jewish Chronicle Read full review online

“For an exploration of Jewish identity, I strongly recommend Andrew Sanger's new novel The J-Word.”

– Ruth Gledhill, The Times Comment appears in news article about a legal case - Full article online

“A fascinating exposure of the vagaries of Jewish identity and its impact on individual lives. A considerable achievement.”

– 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")

“Fast-moving and thought-provoking. A thrilling read.”

– Canada Post Read full review online

“The most fantastic novel I've read for many a year and 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.”

– Chas Newkey-Burden, oyvagoy.com Read full review online

“A remarkably accomplished debut from a talented writer.”

– Modern British Fiction, suite101.com Read full review online

“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.”

– AJR Journal Journal of the Association of Jewish Refugees in Great Britain - this review in Aug 2009 issue is not online

“Witty, easy to read, has a plausible storyline and keeps you guessing to the end... a really good read.”

– Wessex Jewish News This review in Rosh Hashanah 2009 edition is not online

 

“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, now a successful middle-aged journalist, has followed in his footsteps, while the brilliant young Danny has been kept in ignorance of his 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.
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.