The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz [Paperback]

From Mordecai Richler, one of our 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 Kravitzbecomes a lesson for us all...in laughter and in life.Mordecai Richlerwas born in Montreal in 1931. Among his most successful novels areThe Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz(made into an acclaimed film starring Richard Dreyfuss),St. Urbain's Horseman, Solomon Gursky Was Here,andBarney's Version.He divides his time between Canada (Montreal and Lake Memphremagog) and London.CHAPTER ONE

What with his wife so ill these past few weeks and the prospect of three more days of teaching before the weekend break, Mr. MacPherson felt unusually glum. He trudged along St. Dominique Street to within sight of the school. Because it was early and he wanted to avoid the Masters' Room, he paused for an instant in the snow. When he had first seen that building some twenty years ago, he had shut his eyes and asked that his work as a schoolmaster be blessed with charity and achievement. He had daydreamed about the potential heritage of his later years, former students -- now lawyers or doctors or M.P.'s -- gathering in his parlor on Sunday evenings to lament the lost hockey games of twenty years ago. But for some time now Mr. MacPherson had felt nothing about the building. He couldn't describe it or tell you how to get there any more than he could forget that Shell“>