About the Author:
Mordecai Richler was born in 1931 and raised in the working-class Jewish neighbourhood around St. Urbain Street, attending Sir George Williams College (now a part of Concordia University). As a novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and editor, Richler spent much of his career chronicling, celebrating, and criticizing the Montreal and the Canada of his youth. Whether the settings of his fiction are St. Urbain Street or European capitals, his major characters never forsake the Montreal world that shaped them. His most frequent voice is that of the satirist, rendering an honest account of his times with care and humour.
Richler's many honours include the Giller Prize, two Governor General's Awards, and innumerable other awards for fiction, journalism, and screenwriting.
Review:
“A richly comic satire in the best uninhibited Richler tradition, full of sharp jabs and ticking bombs....”
–Globe and Mail
“A superb work, a rowdy, roistering tour de force....It’s Richler the Irreverent at the height of his powers.”
–Calgary Herald
"Full of splendid writing....Funny, compassionate, ambitious, perceptive and rich in character....Richler has unflagging comic energy.”
–Chicago Tribune
"Wildly funny.”
–Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22
"A thoroughly enjoyable, exhilarating read.”
–Times Literary Supplement
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