Cocksure (New Canadian Library S.) - Softcover

Richler; Richler, Mordecai

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0771092717 ISBN 13: 9780771092718

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1991

Synopsis

In the swinging culture of sixties’ London, Canadian Mortimer Griffin is a beleaguered editor adrift in a sea of hypocrisy and deceit. Alone in a world where nobody shares his values but everyone wants the same things, Mortimer must navigate the currents of these changing times. Richler’s eccentric cast of characters include the gorgeous Polly, who conducts her life as though it were a movie, complete with censor-type cuts at all the climactic moments; Rachel Coleman, slinky Black Panther of the boudoir; Star Maker, the narcissistic Hollywood tycoon who has discovered the secret of eternal life; and a precocious group of school children with a taste for the teachings of the Marquis de Sade. Cocksure is a savagely funny satire on television, movies, and the entertainment industry. This is Mordecai Richler at his most caustic and wicked best.

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About the Author:

Solomon Gursky was here, Mordecai Richler's most recent novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1990 and was awarded the Commonwealth Writers Prize 1990. His novels include St Urbain's Horseman, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and Joshua Then and Now. He is also the author of the childrens books Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang and Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur, as well as the essay collections, Hunting Tigers Under Glass, Home Sweet Home and Broadsides. He lived in London for twenty years, where he wrote for the New Statesman, Encounter, London Magazine and several national newspapers. In 1972 he returned to Canada with his wife and five children, and now lives in Montreal, where he was born.

About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0771092717
• ISBN 13: 9780771092718
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback