Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Number 207, Winter 20 10, Mordecai Richler Published by The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Editor: Margery Fee Associate Editors: Judy Brown (Reviews), Joël Castonguay-Bélanger (Francophone Writing), Glenn Deer (Poetry), Laura Moss (Reviews), Deena Rymhs (Reviews), Past Editors: George Woodcock (1959–1977), W.H. New (1977–1995), Eva-Marie Kröller (1995–2003), Laurie Ricou (2003–2007) Editorial Board Heinz Antor University of Cologne Alison Calder University of Manitoba Cecily Devereux University of Alberta Kristina Fagan University of Saskatchewan Janice Fiamengo University of Ottawa Carole Gerson Simon Fraser University Helen Gilbert University of London Susan Gingell University of Saskatchewan Faye Hammill University of Strathclyde Paul Hjartarson University of Alberta Coral Ann Howells University of Reading Smaro Kamboureli University of Guelph Jon Kertzer University of Calgary Ric Knowles University of Guelph Louise Ladouceur University of Alberta Patricia Merivale University of British Columbia Judit Molnár University of Debrecen Maureen Moynagh St. Francis Xavier University Reingard Nischik University of Constance Ian Rae King’s University College Julie Rak University of Alberta Roxanne Rimstead Université de Sherbrooke Sherry Simon Concordia University Patricia Smart Carleton University David Staines University of Ottawa Cynthia Sugars University of Ottawa Neil ten Kortenaar University of Toronto Marie Vautier University of Victoria Gillian Whitlock University of Queensland David Williams University of Manitoba Mark Williams Victoria University, New Zealand Editorial Guest Editors: Nathalie Cooke and Norman Ravvin Mordecai Richler 6 Articles Melina Baum Singer “Is Richler Canadian Content?”: Jewishness, Race, and Diaspora 11 Brian Johnson Son of a Smaller (Super) Hero: Ethnicity, Comic Books, and Secret Identity in Richler’s Novels of Apprenticeship 26 Glenn Deer Early Richler, Las Fallas, and Sacrificing the National Self 42 Articles, continued Krzysztof Majer Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Saviour: Richler’s Picaro Messiahs 60 David Brauner Writing the Triple Whammy: Canadian-Jewish-Québécois Identity, the Comedy of Self-Deprecation, and the Triumph of Duddy Kravitz 76 Robin Nobel Heroic Imaginings: Judaism, Masculinity, and Compensation in Richler’s The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, St. Urbain’s Horseman, and Solomon Gursky Was Here 90 Poems Hendrik Slegtenhorst 10 Carmen Derkson 59 Nathan Dueck 25 Irina Moga 73, 75 Ben Hackman 41 Jesse Patrick Ferguson 89 Books in Review Forthcoming book reviews are available at http://www.canlit.ca Authors Reviewed Francine D’Amour 128 Pam Aleekuk 130 Nitin Deckha 129 Robert Amos 107 Michael Delisle 121 Jancis M. Andrews 108 L. James Dempsey 130 Hubert Aquin 110 Patrice Desbiens 127 John Asfour 139 Pauline Dugas 131 Margaret Atwood 112 Deborah Ellis 132 Jacques Audet 165 Marina Endicott 133 Margaret Avison 113 Marian Engel 135 Edem Awumey 115 Darrell Epp 148 Kemeny Babineau 148 Sylvie Maria Filion 136 Elizabeth Bachinsky 116 Charles Foran 103 Jean Rae Baxter 118 Catherine Fortin 136 Éric Bédard 119 Raymond Fraser 108 Paul Bélanger 120 Marco Fraticelli 127 Robert Berrouët-Oriol 121 Lise Gaboury-Diallo 137 Barbara Ruth Bluman 186 Maurice Gagnon 138 Stephanie Bolster 122 Gary Geddes 139 David Bouchard 130 William Gibson 140 Deborah C. Bowen 123 Kuldip Gill 141 Brian Campbell 148 Barbara Godard 143 Katia Canciani 125 Jacques Godbout 118 Dave Carpenter 118 Sherrill Grace 144 Angela Carr 116 Richard Greene 122 Terry Ann Carter 127 Katia Grubisic 122 Nicole V. Champeau 126 Nila Gupta 129 Francine Chicoine 127 Alix Hawley 108 Anne Compton 173 Trevor Herriot 146 Karen Connelly 154 Susan Holbrook 116 Cathy Converse 180 Lucie Hotte 147 Ada Craniford 103 Chris Hutchinson 148 Bud Ings 149 Eva Tihanyi 169 Smaro Kamboureli 143 Mary Tilberg 175 Naïm Kattan 151 Lola Lemire Tostevin 161 Des Kennedy 133 Ilya Tourtidis 187 Michael Kenyon 187 Harry Thurston 122 Reinhold Kramer 103 Rhea Tregebov 176 Robert Kroetsch 158 Priscila Uppal 177 Olivier Labonté 136 Richard Van Camp 179 Monique LaRue 152 Aritha van Herk 180 Fiona Tinwei Lam 141 M.G. Vassanji 103 Suzanne Lamarre 125 Richard Wagamese 179 Carmen Leblanc 125, 131 Tom Walmsley 166 Philippe Lejeune 153 Tom Wayman 181 Michel Létourneau 136 Agnès Whitfield 110 Jeanette Lynes 157 Christine Wiesenthal 183 Annabel Lyon 154 David Williams 184 Alice Major 158 Leslie Walker Williams 186 Daphne Marlatt 156 Deborah Willis 169 Stephanie McKenzie 157 Kileasa Wong 107 Karen McLaughlin 161 David Zieroth 187 Peter Mitchell 132 John Moss 118 Reviewers Susan Musgrave 158 Gisèle M. Baxter 132 Shane Neilson 187 Juliane Okot Bitek 164 Margaret Norquay 149 Leonard Bond 112 Madeleine Ouellette- Emmanuel Bouchard 126, 165 Michalska 160 Deborah C. Bowen 113, 174 Chus Pato 116 Nicholas Bradley 122 Jean-Pierre Pichette 173 Marlene Briggs 184 Guy Poirier 147 Marc André Brouillette 120 Jeremy Popkin 153 Alison Calder 168 Antonio Porta 160 Jorge Calderón 115, 147 Michael Posner 103 Kathryn Carter 149, 169 Beth Powning 161 Nelson Charest 121 Marc Prescott 164 Tanya Christiansen 176 Bryan Prince 164 Pénélope Cormier 136 Judy Quinn 165 Maria Cotroneo 186 Philip Quinn 166 Ryan J. Cox 187 Timothy Quinn 166 Natasha Dagenais 138 Julie Rak 153 Glenn Deer 103 Simon Reader 122 Michel Ducharme 119 Michael Eden Reynolds 157 Timothy Dugdale 166 T.F. Rigelhof 168 Jannik Haruo Eikenaar 175 Hélène Rioux 169 Janice Fiamengo 135, 144 Mansel Robinson 127 Lydia Forssander-Song 123 Hector Ruiz 165 Alexandre Gauthier 164 Kate Scowen 132 Paul Genuist 125 Diane Sims 149 Aaron Giovannone 148 Ray Smith 171 Patricia Godbout 110, 139, 160 Société Charlevoix 173 Lisa Grekul 154, 171 Carmine Starnino 173 Judy Halebsky 156 Conny Steenman-Marcusse 180 Douglas Ivison 177 Andrew Steinmetz 171 Karl Jirgens 158 Moez Surani 141 Catherine Khordoc 128 Gillian Sze 141 Dorothy F. Lane 108 John Terpstra 174 Judith Leggatt 118 Judith-Louise Thibault 127 Élise Lepage 160 Margaret Thompson 146 Marie Lo 107 Reviewers, continued Nicole Nolette 127 Andrea MacPherson 161 Neil Querengesser 181 Sophie Marcotte 137 Linda Quirk 180 Travis V. Mason 146 Sharanpal Ruprai 129, 141 Sophie McCall 179 Blanca Schorcht 130 Brandon McFarlane 133 Cyril Schreiber 136 Laurie McNeill 153 Kevin Hung Te Tjia 140 Pierre-Yves Mocquais 173 Ariane Tremblay 131 Julia E. 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