Mordecai: The Life and Times


Charlie's biography of Mordecai Richler will be published on October 19, 2010 by Knopf Canada. Here is the jacket copy from the publisher:

Young bohemian, irreverent satirist, passionate and controversial Canadian, loyal friend, Old Testament prophet, sworn enemy of cant and hypocrisy, beloved father and tender family man – Mordecai Richler embodied the complexity and appetite for life that he favoured in people, and imbued in his greatest characters. Mordecai – unauthorized, of course – is the first biography of Richler to be written with full, exclusive access to family letters and the private archives. Click here to read more...
 

Maurice Richard


As part of Penguin Canada's Extraordinary Canadians series, editorial director Diane Turbide has acquired world English- and French-language rights to Maurice Richard by Charles Foran, with publication scheduled for March 2011.

 

About Charlie


Charlie Foran is a Canadian writer, with 9 books in print. He is also a regular contributor to The Globe and Mail. Read more about Charlie here.
 

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