Product Details
ISBN: 9780143051466
Category: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2005-11-24
Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
Country of origin: GBR
Pages: 328
Weight: 272g
The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz
From Mordecai Richler, one of the greatest satirists, comes one of literature's most delightful characters, Duddy Kravitz - in a novel that belongs in the pantheon of seminal twentieth century books. Duddy - the third generation of a Jewish immigrant family in Montreal - is combative, amoral, scheming, a liar, and totally hilarious. From his street days tormenting teachers at the Jewish academy to his time hustling four jobs at once in a grand plan to "be somebody," Duddy learns about living - and the lesson is an outrageous roller-coaster ride through the human comedy. As Richler turns his blistering commentary on love, money, and politics, The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz becomes a lesson for us all . . . in laughter and in life.