The Incomparable Atuk

mass market paperback, 192 pages

English language

Published by New Canadian Library.

ISBN:
978-0-7710-9973-1
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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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This satire made me laugh

It's w satire from another time but current enough for many jokes to still bite and many cliches to be still recognizable. I had fun reading this book and was completely taken by surprise by the ending.

Subjects

  • Richler, Mordecai - Prose & Criticism
  • Fiction - General
  • Fiction
  • Literary
  • Fiction / Literary