<b>A wonderful memoir, written with great linguistic brio. Candid, shrewd and moving - a classic of its kind.</b>
- William Boyd,
<b>Howard Jacobson has always been hilariously brilliant at writing fictional versions of his life. He can, it turns out, also tell the real story with all that brilliance and hilarity, with the added gain for the reader of finding out what - and who - made him that writer.</b>
- David Baddiel,
<b>Side-splittingly funny and serious, too, Howard Jacobson has written one of the all-time great memoirs.</b>
- Nicholas Lezard, Daily Telegraph
<b><i>Mother's Boy</i> is a synthesis of his life's work...as well as an original story... it is every bit as funny.</b>
- Toby Lichtig, Times Literary Supplement
<b>Laugh-out-loud glorious and uproarious of course - but don't let the self-ribbing fool you; this is deep and poignant.</b>
- Simon Schama,