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The Mighty Walzer

From the beginning Oliver Walzer is a natural - at ping-pong. Even with his improvised bat (the Collins Classic edition ofDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) he can chop, flick, half-volley like a champion. At sex he is not so adept, but with tuition from Sheeny Waxman, fellow member of the Akiva Social Club Table Tennis Team and stalwart of the Kardomah coffee bar, his game improves.

Winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize.

Genre
humorliterary fiction
Themes
coming of agejewishsports
Setting
20th centuryenglandmanchester
Audience
adult
Length
long · 400 pages

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