Author: Mordecai Richler Year: 1963 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction Culture: Canada
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ISBNs: 9780771099731 0771099738 |
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Transplanted to Toronto from his native Baffin Island, Atuk the poet is an unlikely overnight success. Eagerly adapting to a society steeped in pretension, bigotry, and greed, Atuk soon abandons the literary life in favour of more lucrative ' and hazardous ' schemes. Richler's hilarious and devastating satire lampoons the self-deceptions of 'the Canadian identity' and derides the hypocrisy of a nation that seeks cultural independence by slavishly pursuing the American dream. From the Paperback edition.
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