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Alumni Association of Boston presents "Book Club: "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" by Mordecai Richler"

Thursday, November 19, 2009 19:00
Andala Coffee House, 286 Franklin Street, Andala Coffee House, 286 Franklin Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, CA

Join our Book Club as we tackle a landmark work of Canadian literature. Mordecai Richler鈥檚 classic novel, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, tells the story of a young and ambitious Montrealer, who believes that a man is only successful when he owns land. This, however, proves to be a tough proposition in a metropolis located on an island.

Setting his heart on acquiring property, Duddy becomes the ultimate mover and shaker. He works four jobs at the same time, promotes everything from poker games to films of bar mitzvahs, and eventually goes bankrupt. But amid the wreckage of miffed friends, relatives and one mean gangster, Duddy finally makes his dream come true.

Don鈥檛 miss your chance to discover this hilarious and endearing novel by one of the 20th century鈥檚 greatest writers, Canadian or otherwise.

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