Live a Little: A Novel

Live a Little: A Novel

From Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Finkler Question and J, and one of 'our funniest writers alive' (Allison Pearson): a wickedly observed novel of old age and new love.

At the age of ninety-something, Beryl Dusinbery is forgetting everything â€“ including her own children. She spends her days stitching morbid samplers and tormenting her two long-suffering carers, Nastya and Euphoria, with tangled stories of her husbands and love affairs.
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Shimi Carmelli can do up his own buttons, walks without the aid of a frame and speaks without spitting. Among the widows of North London, heâ€™s whispered about as the last of the eligible bachelors. Unlike Beryl, he forgets nothing â€“ especially not the shame of a childhood incident that has hung over him ever since.
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Thereâ€™s very little life remaining for either of them, but perhaps just enough to heal some of the hurt inflicted along the way, and find new meaning in whatâ€™s left. Told with Jacobsonâ€™s trademark wit and style, Live a Little is equal parts funny, irreverent and tender â€“ a novel to make you consider all the paths not taken, and whether you could still change course.Â

Advance praise for Live a Little

â€œOne of the great comic geniuses of our time.â€â€”Lit Hub

â€œA tender story of unlikely love . . . Jacobson treats with compassion the dilemma of old age. . . . Wise, witty, and deftly crafted.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

â€œFor all of its moments of bleakness, and the occasional flicker of genuine terror, itâ€™sÂ rarely less than bitterly funnyÂ in its determination to face up to the obliteration that awaits us all.â€â€”The Guardian

â€œWhat a relief to come on a novel which invites you to smile and even laugh.â€â€”TheÂ Scotsman

â€œThe novelâ€™s brilliant cover tells it all: hearts and skulls, love and death.â€â€”The Jewish Chronicle

â€œA thoroughly enjoyable read. For a literature snob and a language obsessive . . . there isÂ a lot to feast on . . . for someone looking for an emotionally honest storyline, the book also delivers.Â Live a LittleÂ is about growing old, but itâ€™s also about gender, race, love and politics.â€â€”Independent

â€œTender and funny.â€â€”Grazia
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Hogarth
Binding Hardcover
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2019-09-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781984824219

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Hogarth
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Silver
ReleaseDate	2019-09-10
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781984824219

Live a Little: A Novel

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