Mother's Boy review: Howard Jacobson transforms calamity into rip-roaring comedy

Has there ever been a funnier book about being gloomy? Before she died two years ago at the age of 97, Howard Jacobson's mother asked him about it.

Mother's Boy review: Howard Jacobson transforms calamity into rip-roaring comedy
Has there ever been a funnier book about being gloomy? Before she died two years ago at the age of 97, Howard Jacobson's mother asked him about it.