Dog's Last Walk, Paperback/Howard Jacobson

Described by the }Times Literary Supplement{ as a 'high-wire act of being genuinely funny while dispensing genuine wisdom', this collection of pieces from the winner of the 2010 Man Booker Award encompasses subjects diverse as the awkwardness of death, the darts world, the issue of cyclists and a Labrador's final outing, applying equal measures of astuteness and profundity throughout.