Barney's Version
by Mordecai Richler
Taste attributes: dramacomedyfresh & originalunsavouryrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leadsself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeExpect a moving, realistic novel, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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About This Book
Barney Panofsky smokes too many cigars, drinks too much whiskey, and is obsessed with two things: the Montreal Canadiens hockey team and his ex-wife Miriam. An acquaintance from his youthful years in Paris, Terry McIver, is about to publish his autobiography. In its pages he accuses Barney of an assortment of sins, including murder. It's time, Barney decides, to present the world with his own version of events.
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- Author
- Mordecai Richler
- Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 417
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- Open Library
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