Making the Cut

A magnetic read from an exquisite writer. Wickedly witty, profoundly human, genuinely eye-opening. Intimate. Honest. Heart breaking. You’ll never forget it.

Deborah Frances-White

Max Olesker is among Britain’s funniest comedians and he’s a natural writer — offering insights and brilliance that will blow you away. Heart-warming, true and hilarious, Olesker is Britain’s answer to David Sedaris.

Andrew O'Hagan

This is the hilarious story of how one man can be both too Jewish and not Jewish enough at the same time... Whether cut, uncut or half-cut on Jägerbombs, Max Olesker is a comic genius and an absolute joy to read.

Viv Groskop

Making the Cut is a riotous memoir: by turns hilarious, horrifying, and moving.

Ed Caesar

I actually have no idea how Max Olesker survived the events in this book with his sanity intact, but he has somehow managed to write an account of his experiences that is fascinating, funny, painful and frequently jaw-dropping.

Lissa Evans

A funny and fascinating true tale of family, Jewishness, and the things we do for love!

Phil Wang

A funny, insightful and enormously engaging love story that has you invested till the end.

Esquire, Best Summer Reads

Here is a story about belief – in love and in religion - that completely beggars belief. It is also unbelievably hilarious. I’ve never read anything quite like this book.

Devorah Baum

Painfully funny and, at times, leg-crossingly painful, Making the Cut really shines as a love story of the most honest, heartfelt and star-crossed standards. The strength of that love underpins every riotously well-observed scene and sentence.

Luke Kennard