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Mordecai Richler's Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!

When Mordecai Richler left Canada for Paris, he was a brooding young intellectual with lots to say. He returned a prolific, respected writer with a keen eye for the absurd and the magnetism to charm or anger just about all of his contemporaries. From Montreal's Jewish ghetto to Quebec nationalism to boring Anglophones to hypocritical politicians – the incomparable Richler commented, questioned, laughed and angered.

Richler and Gzowski discuss the brouhaha over his latest book.
Medium: Radio
Program: Morningside
Broadcast Date: March 27, 1992
Guest(s): Mordecai Richler
Host: Peter Gzowski
Duration: 23:31

Last updated: November 26, 2012

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