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The Incomparable Atuk (New Canadian Library)
The Incomparable Atuk - New Canadian Library Author:Mordecai Richler Transplanted to Toronto from his native Baffin Island, Atuk the poet is an unlikely overnight success. Eagerly adapting to a society steeped in pretension, bigotry, and greed, Atuk soon abandons the literary life in favour of more lucrative – and hazardous – schemes. — Richler’s hilarious and devastating satire lampoons the self... more »-deceptions of “the Canadian identity” and derides the hypocrisy of a nation that seeks cultural independence by slavishly pursuing the American dream.« less