The book reassures that no matter how many times you've done something or been somewhere, the humiliations remain as burning, the pleasure as sharp as ever

A funny, original, stinging-as-a-nettle, soothing-as-a-dockleaf read

A carefully observed, caustic portrait of two opposites - one prickly, one plodding - and their troublesome but enduring friendship

A pleasure from start to finish

Every detail...is described with the accuracy of an X-ray and the urgency of poetry

Masterly... powerful

Stuffed with brilliant hilarity

What elevates The Making of Henry..is the way it talks about love. That, and being funny

This is brilliantly, biliously funny. It is also painfully, movingly sad...Expansive and compassionate... Sharp and hilarious, this latest novel shows Jacobson at his best

A story of modern love that will have readers laughing and sighing with recognition... A wry, insightful, thoroughly enjoyable tale about how men and women choose their demons and their lovers, and the sacrifices they're willing to make for both

Delightful... Her characters are, as always, wonderfully imperfect