1959
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler · 1931–2001 · Canada
Why it matters
A scheming, driven young man claws his way out of Montreal's St. Urbain Street Jewish ghetto by any means necessary. Satirical, affectionate, and unsparing toward the hunger for success it depicts.
At a glance
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Difficulty 4/10fast pace315 pagesFast, comic, plot-driven prose.
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