Name: The Incomparable Atuk

Author: Mordecai Richler
Year: 1963
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Culture: Canada

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9780771099731
0771099738
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 '€œthe 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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