One of them, Sam Finkler, has become a celebrity as the author of popular mainstream books on philosophy. He wants to be a Jew so that he can experience the sense of belonging possessed by his two closest friends who are Jewish. Treslove is a man much inclined to introspection who attacks an idea with the determination and perseverance of a dog with a bone. Not that he resembles anyone famous especially, he just looks like all kinds of people in general. He’s come down in the world and is now making a living as a celebrity lookalike. The Finkler Question is the story of Julian Treslove, a man who once worked on the kind of BBC Radio 3 programmes that no-one ever listens to (if you discount the insomniac man and his dog in the Outer Hebrides). It’s become only the second Booker Prize winning title that I have failed to finish - in case you’re wondering, the other was The Famished Road by Ben Okri, a book so bad I couldn’t even make it past page 80 ( my review explains what I hated about this book). I tried my best but around page 150 The Finkler Question and I parted company.
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