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I can’t believe Duddy Kravitz is 50
My stepdaughter, aged 15, has taken to sleeping in the Baron Byng T-shirt my late father brought back from his high school reunion some years back—not sure where she found it. Wearing it seemed a reas… more →
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I can’t believe Duddy Kravitz is 50
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wrote 2 weeks ago: My stepdaughter, aged 15, has taken to sleeping in the Baron Byng T-shirt my late father brought bac … more →
Great Moments in Writing: Mordy Takes on Quebec Politics
wrote 1 month ago: Many things can be said about one of my favourite authors of all-time, Mordecai Richler. He wasn … more →
Adam In The Garden
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wrote 2 months ago: Members of my family, especially the male ones, must for generations have read the second chapter of … more →
Why Can’t The English? The Decline of UK Book Production (Part II)
wrote 4 months ago: To illustrate my point in the previous post, here is a direct comparison between two original hardco … more →
What Do You Write With?
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wrote 7 months ago: I used to love reading Paris Review interviews, and especially when writers talked about whether the … more →
Montréal: Francophone Festival City and Paris of North America
wrote 8 months ago: A city of villages Montréal is a city of villages; distinct communities (or quartiers) that each ref … more →
CBC Book Club Update
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wrote 8 months ago: A number of things have been going on this week over at the CBC Book Club. There were a few things … more →
Solomon Gursky Was Here
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wrote 8 months ago: After all his years on the rivers it finally struck him that he wasn’t the angler but the salmon. A … more →
An expat in London
wrote 9 months ago: In the summer of 1954, Mordecai Richler, age 23, was living in London, England, having just publishe … more →
Always the writer in exile
wrote 9 months ago: M.G. Vassanji, one of Canada’s pre-eminent novelists, experienced his first moment of kinship with t … more →
Montreal by Night by Arthur Burrows, Jean Palardy, - NFB
wrote 10 months ago: In 1947, Montreal was full of itself — and perhaps rightly so. This is the approximate era of … more →
My Autograph Collection
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wrote 11 months ago: As some of you might know, I’m a big fan of fan letters. I like how these mash notes pretend … more →
Palin pranksters carrying on a long Quebec tradition
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wrote 1 year ago: You’ve just got to love a prank that goes off perfectly. Five days of patience paid off for t … more →
Barney's Version, by Mordecai Richler
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wrote 1 year ago: Winner of the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour, The 1998 Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Giller p … more →
Mordecai Richler is a Québécois!
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wrote 1 year ago: The readers of AngryFrenchGuy have spoken! Whether he likes it or not, Mordecai Richler was a … more →
Barney's Version — Mordecai Richler
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wrote 1 year ago: Barney’s Version isn’t always clear or pretty, whether he’s portraying himself, hi … more →
Life: Barney's Version
wrote 1 year ago: “Count your blessings. Readers don’t have to wait until the end volume three before I … more →
What I love no. 8: Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler
wrote 1 year ago: I got it for Christmas from someone who wanted to read it himself. So as not to allow said gift-give … more →
