Mordecai Richler, author portrait
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Mordecai Richler

Mordecai Richler was born in Montreal in 1931.  Among his most successful novels are The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, St. Urbain’s Horseman, Solomon Gursky Was Here, and Barney’s Version.  He died in 2001.
Son of a Smaller Hero
The Acrobats
Cocksure
Joshua Then and Now
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
A Choice of Enemies
St. Urbain's Horseman
Barney's Version
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
The Street
The Incomparable Atuk

Books

Son of a Smaller Hero
The Acrobats
Cocksure
Joshua Then and Now
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
A Choice of Enemies
St. Urbain's Horseman
Barney's Version
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
The Street
The Incomparable Atuk

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