The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

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by Mordecai Richler

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 Kravitz becomes a lesson for us all...in laughter and in life.

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A boy can be two, three, four potential people, but a man is only one. He murders the others.

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A boy can be two, three, four potential people, but a man is only one. He murders the others.

— Mordecai Richler, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz