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Glimpses of the real Canada...through the eyes and pen of Mordecai Richler
'Home Sweet Home - My Canadian Album' by Mordecai Richler is just that, an album of literary snapshots of our unique land. Almost any Canadian will easily recognize these small vignettes, and yet at the same time, will probably be flooded with a host of interesting memories.

To me, a Canadian, the fact that this book was published some time ago in 1984, only seems to enhance the images that Richler so beautifully draws with his prose. His writings are filled not only with casual (but often caustic), realistic observations, but also of course, with his candid and refreshing wit. Not many writers have the ability to make me laugh out loud...Richler does.

The book is a series of short chapters describing many real-life situations that he (Richler) encountered in his travels across Canada and the U.S., both as a boy and then later, as a grown-up in Montreal. To mention a few of the subjects touched upon...we see glimpses of Expo 67, the birth and death of the Montreal Expo baseball team, the separatist political group (Parti Quebecois) and of course his beloved hockey team, the Montreal Canadiens. There are many more, each with its own special reflection on some event or time within the framework of Canada dating from WWII to the 1990's. It's like reading a diary; a very interesting, historical diary.

Conclusion:
A nostalgic look at Canada's recent past; told through the eyes of someone who was there when it happened. A book filled with subjective, yet honest observations and sprinkled with a wry humor...resulting in a collection of short treatises that make me ache for the 'good old days', even more than I realized. Thanks for this Mr Richler.

Ray Nicholson

P.S.
Mordecai Richler was one of my favorite Canadian writers; he passed away at a youngish 70 in 2001. I loved his column in the 'National Post' (Toronto); my favorite book of his...'Barney's Version', published in 1997.


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Product Description
1974 - 1st Edition - Ballantine - #24154 - Paperback - The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz - By Mordecai Richler - Movie Tie In - Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Randu Quaid, Joseph WisemanJack Warden - Good Condition - Very Collectible ... Read more