Mordecai Richler’s Satire -- “Cocksure” and “Solomon Gursky Was
Here”
This 6 page report discusses two of Richler’s most
satirical works. Mortimer Lucas Griffin of Cocksure finds himself
in the position of having to worry about the fact that he is not
Jewish. To his eternal embarrassment he is Anglo-Saxon, Anglican,
apolitical, and Canadian. The characters of Solomon Gursky was
Here are all caught up in the world of the Gurskys a family which
has been involved in every significant historical event in
Canadian history. Richler has been described as “Canada's Philip
Roth” – writing about politics and ethnic differences with
irreverence. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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