by Mordecai Richler

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“A rasping humor pervades the book… It burgeons with its special talent and a vulgar vitality.” — Chicago Tribune 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.

“A fast-moving, entertaining, and bawdy novel.” — The Washington Times “Funny in the biting, subversive manner of Joseph Heller and Philip Roth.” — Los Angeles Times The sale of this book without its cover is unauthorized.

If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that it was reported to the publisher as “unsold and destroyed.” Neither the author nor the publisher has received payment for the sale of this “stripped book.”

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Copyright © 1959 by Mordecai Richler

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ISBN: 0-671-02847-2

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