What disturbs me most about Mordecai Richler's 1997 novel, Barney's Version, now available in a new paperback edition as well as a major motion picture with Paul Giamatti, is that it took me almost 15 ...
The unmistakable voice of Mordecai Richler comes to us in Barney's Version, a raunchy yet tender account of a 67-year-old man's look back over his life — a life that includes plenty of bad behaviour.
The pitfalls of literary adaptation, as well as a few of its potential rewards, are on display in this long-brewing screen translation of Canadian writer Mordecai Richler’s 1997 novel. A rambling ...