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But he doesn't seem to hear that criticism in his own portrayal of Florence. She is the adored, beautiful wife whose cooking is preferred by her husband. She compensates for her husband's reticence and possibly brutish social behaviour by being charming and we hear repeatedly that she is Richler's first and best editor. I can't believe she is so shallow.

I do believe Richler was an intelligent man that immersed himself in stimulating and intelligent environments.

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Florence must have been more than the dutiful housewife as she is portrayed in this book. I want to hear more of Florence's story as she traveled through their very interesting life. Lastly the author portrays Richler as a man of Montreal - that is a given. There is very little in Richler's work that portrays prairie life, that portrays east or west coast sensibilities or for that matter Jewish life in those areas of Canada.

To be a Jew in Regina is certainly not the same as being a Jew from Montreal. Urbain, they are, in fact, not the same. The experiences were different, the characters were different and they deserve their own chroniclers. The knowledge I gained will add immensely to my reading of his novels since, essentially, he wrote his life.

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My only complaint is that at pages, it was a little overlong. What to cut? Perhaps the explanations of the plots of each of his books. At plus pages,Mordecai is one formidable book but it is also a very evenhanded biography of one of Canada's richest writers, and an enthralling glimpse into what made Mordecai Richler the man and icon he became.

While it is Mordecai's story, it is also the history of the evolution of modern day Quebec and the significance of the English speaking minority in the consequences of the Quiet Revolution. This was a book that was well worth the time it took to read. Gina Roitman. At the end of this remarkable biography, I felt like I had lost a friend and my place in his world, so immersed was I in the story of Mordecai Richler's life and all the lives that life had touched.

Charles Foran's biography is rich and thorough and at times, deeply nuanced in its non-judgmental recounting of Richler's blunt, combative nature.

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Although I've admired Richler's work and his power as a writer, I have not always loved his characters or his portrayal of Montreal. Mine is a much more forgiving nature. Foran unties the thorny knots of Richler's relationships - with family particularly his motherfriends, editors, publishers and Quebec. In doing so, he reveals events, the cultures and the people that helped shaped the man the way waves shape a rocky shore.

I can't say enough good things about this biography. I very much admired Mordecai Richler as a writer and a person of strong character.

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He was born the same year as my Dad and I know my father identified with Richler's references to comic books and shared cultural icons of their time. This was biography at its best - warts and all, and endorsed by Richler's family. I was weeping at the end of the book and was touched throughout at the honesty, bravery thoughtfulness and hutzpah of this unique Canadian.

I very much miss his perspective on life, as I miss my father's. What an incredibly long slog. Had to leave it and read several other books before I could get back to it. Well written, but way too much detail,e specially since Mordecai is such a dyspeptic character. Beverly Akerman. Author 4 books 96 followers. Makes me sad knowing there won't be another epic Richler novel.

Also makes me want to re-read them all. Jerry Haigh. Quite the ladies man! Went on a bit too long, but good to read about a Canadian cultural icon. Carrie Snyder. It is also an extraordinary love story…. In Join the Revolution, Comrade, Charles Foran brings to the essay form the same restlessness and originality that marks his novels and non-fiction.

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In Mordecaiaward-winning novelist and journalist Charlie Foran brings to the page the richness of Mordecai's life as young bohemian, irreverent writer, passionate and controversial Canadian, loyal friend and deeply romantic lover. He explores Mordecai's distraught childhood, and gives us the "portrait of a marriage" -- the lifelong love affair with Florence, with Mordecai as beloved father of five.

The portrait is alive and intimate -- warts and all. His first book, Sketches in Winter, was published in