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-deceptions of “the Canadian identity” and derides the hypocrisy of a nation that seeks cultural independence by slavishly pursuing the American dream.
- ISBN10 1299126634
- ISBN13 9781299126633
- Publish Date 1 January 2010 (first published 18 May 1972)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 2 October 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint New Canadian Library
- Format eBook
- Language English