From the Publisher
Foran''s book is IT: the definitive, detailed, intimate portrait of
Mordecai Richler, the lion of Canadian literature, and the
turbulent, changing times that nurtured him. It is also an
extraordinary love story that lasted half a century.
The first major biography with access to family letters and
archives. Mordecai Richler was an outsized and outrageous novelist
whose life reads like fiction.
Mordecai Richler won multiple Governor General''s Literary Awards,
the Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers'' Prize, among others,
as well as many awards for his children''s books. He also wrote
Oscar-nominated screenplays. His influence was larger than life in
Canada and abroad. In Mordecai, award-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.
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
CHARLES FORAN is the author of eight previous books, including the
novels Carolan''s Farewell and House on
Fire, and the award-winning non-fiction work The
Last House of Ulster. Born and raised in Toronto, he holds
degrees from the University of Toronto and University College
Dublin, and has taught at universities in China, Hong Kong and
Canada. A former resident of Montreal, where he was a columnist for
the Montreal Gazette and reported on Quebec for
Saturday Night magazine, he currently resides with his
family in Peterborough, Ontario. Of his most recent book, the essay
collection Join the Revolution, Comrade, one
critic wrote: "Foran takes seriously his role as a writer who''s
alert and engaged with the world" (Quill & Quire). He
has made documentaries for CBC Radio and is a contributing reviewer
for the Globe and Mail.
From the Hardcover edition.
Format: Trade Paperback
Published: July 5, 2011
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Language: English
The following ISBNs are associated with this title:
ISBN - 10: 0676979653
ISBN - 13: 9780676979657
