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LONDON — British writer Howard Jacobson won the prestigious Booker Prize on Tuesday with his philosophical comedy “The Finkler Question,” beating five other writers, including two-time winner Peter Carey and the bookies’ favorite, Tom McCarthy.
Jacobson, 58, who had been on the long list twice for the 50,000 pounds ($80,000) prize but had never been shortlisted until this year, jokingly said he had prepared acceptance speeches for over two decades.
“I’m speechless,” he began as he took to the stage at London’s Guild Hall. “Fortunately I prepared one earlier. It’s dated 1983.”
His novel, he said, is a comedy about sorrow, a tale about the lives and losses of two old friends and their teacher. The Associated Press
