Mordecai

Preface

PART I: MUTTLE, MUTTY, MORDY
I. The Rebbe and the Shammas
II. The Simchat Torah
III. Richler Artificial Stone Works (No Success)
IV. 5257 St. Urbain Street
V. Battles
VI. Wars
VII. Comrades
VIII. Making Aliyah
IX. Room 41
X. Cut/Cutting Loose

PART II: APPRENTICE
I. The Right Age
II. C/O Bar Escandell, San Antonio, Ibiza, Spain
III. Girls, Girls, Girls
IV. Montreal, Dull and Anaesthetic
V. M, The Boy Writer
VI. Hampstead Parties
VII. General Progress Report
VIII. Canadian Club
IX. Roquebrune

PART III: HORSEMAN
I. I'll Show You the World
II. Montreal Meteor
III. This Year in the Salt Mines
IV. Tel Aviv, London, New York
V. For My Father
VI. Hillcrest, Kingston Hill, Surrey
VII. Like Herzog
VIII. Sitting Shiva
IX. Minority Man
X. Swiss Family Richler
XI. Rest, Rest, Perturbed Spirit

PART IV: LOOK AT ME NOW
I. An Affirming Flame
II. Return of the Prodigal . . . Again
III. Edgehill Road
IV. Filthy, Disgusting Fellow
V. An Old Jacket, Worn and Torn
VI. Dear Maw
VII. A Good House
VIII. Oh! Canada!

PART V: M.R. WAS HERE
I. A Very Complex Man
II. My Father's Life
III. One's Intentions Are Always Much Grander
IV. The Gursky Family Tree

PART VI: HANG IN OLD FRIEND
I. Back on the Map
II. Things Are Bad Enough without Nastiness from Mordecai Richler
III. The Golem
IV. Richler Calls It
V. Keep Fighting. Don't Despair

PART VII: PHILEMON AND BAUCIS
I. Boyishly Proud
II. Two Alter Kockers
III. Overtime

Epilogue

Bibliographic Essays
Acknowledgements
Photo Credits
Permissions on Quoted Texts
Selected Index