A list of some works by the late author Mordecai Richler

MONTREAL – The City of Montreal announced plans in 2011 to honour Mordecai Richler by repairing a 1920s gazebo and renaming it after the late author. Four years on, the work hasn’t yet begun. Here is a look at some of Richler’s work:

Novels:

The Acrobats, 1954

Son of a Smaller Hero, 1955

A Choice of Enemies, 1957

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, 1959

The Incomparable Atuk (American title: Stick Your Neck Out), 1963

Cocksure, 1968

St. Urbain’s Horseman, 1971

Joshua Then and Now, 1980

Solomon Gursky Was Here, 1989

Barney’s Version, 1997

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Non-fiction:

Hunting Tigers Under Glass, 1968

Shovelling Trouble, 1972

(an American version of the above books was published as Notes on An Endangered Species in 1974)

Home Sweet Home: My Canadian Album, 1984

Oh Canada, Oh Quebec, 1992

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Screenplays:

Life at the Top, 1965

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (screen adaptation of novel), 1974

Fun With Dick and Jane, 1977

Joshua Then and Now (screen adaptation of novel), 1985

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Children’s Books:

Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang, 1975

Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur, 1987

Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case, 1995

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