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A Point of View: It's Me or the Lamborghini

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It's Me or the Lamborghini

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Howard Jacobson ponders why men suddenly want to read about love.

Howard Jacobson on literary festivals, men in love, and why he suddenly appears to be winning out - as an attraction - against the Lamborghini!

When it comes to fast cars or literary festivals, Howard Jacobson reckons that, for the average male, there isn't usually much of a contest. 
 
'You don't get as many men at a literary festival as you do on a street corner where there's a Lamborghini parked,' writes Howard.  'Or you didn't.' 

But he senses a change - and a new interest in men talking and reading about love. 

It's not that men find female characters too soft - rather, that they often find the male characters aren't soft enough. 

Producer: Adele Armstrong 
Sound: Peter Bosher
Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman 
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

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