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The Finkler question

by Howard Jacobson

Julian Treslove, professionally unspectacular BBC worker, and Sam Finkler, popular Jewish philosopher and TV personality, are old school friends. They've never quite lost touch with each other -- or with their former teacher, Libor Sevick. Treslove dines with recent widows Libor and Finkler at Libor's London apartment for a sweetly painful evening of reminiscence. As Treslove walks home he is attacked and robbed, and everything changes. A New York Times Bestseller, Winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?