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 "the Canadian identity" and derides the hypocrisy of a nation that seeks cultural independence by slavishly pursuing the American dream.
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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 "the Canadian identity" and derides the hypocrisy of a nation that seeks cultural independence by slavishly pursuing the American dream.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Offsetting on pages 122-123, page edges lightly soiled, owner decorative bookplate on front pastedown, very good in a very good lightly soiled dust jacket with spine lightly toned with short tears on spine ends and corners. A novel.
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Good. 0771099738. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Creasing to front cover.; New Canadian Library; 6.8 X 4.3 X 0.5 inches; 192 pages.
