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Barney's Version - Mordecai Richler
Barney's Version
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Even Barney Panofsky's friends tend to agree that he is 'a wife-abuser, an intellectual fraud, a purveyor of pap, a drunk with a penchant for violence and probably a murderer'. But when Barney's sworn enemy threatens to publish this damning verdict, Barney is driven to write his own memoirs,... show more
Even Barney Panofsky's friends tend to agree that he is 'a wife-abuser, an intellectual fraud, a purveyor of pap, a drunk with a penchant for violence and probably a murderer'. But when Barney's sworn enemy threatens to publish this damning verdict, Barney is driven to write his own memoirs, rewinding the spool of his life, editing, selecting and plagiarising, as his memory plays tricks on him - and on the reader. Barney slides from crisis to success, from lowlife to highlife in Montreal, Paris and London, his exploits culminating in a final outrageous scandal.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780099554462 (0099554461)
ASIN: 0099554461
Publisher: CCV
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
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4.0 Barney's Version
You don't read Mordecai Richler quickly - not if you want to enjoy the flavour of his bitter, self-aware, often politically incorrect wit. Barney Panofsky, our narrator, adds another level of self-awareness to the voice, for his memory is fading, and this is both demonstrated and discoursed upon thr...
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