Solomon Gursky Was Here Av Mordecai Richler

<p>WINNER OF THE 1990 COMMONWEALTH WRITERS PRIZE, SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 1990<br><br>Since the age of eleven Moses Berger has been obsessed with the Gursky clan, an insanely wealthy, profoundly seductive family of Jewish-Canadian descent. Now a 52-year-old alcoholic boigrapher, Berger is desperately trying to chronicle the stories of their lives, especially that of the mysterious Solomon Gursky, who may or may not have died in a plane crash.<br><br>A rich, irreverent and exuberant comic masterpiece from the author of <i>The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz </i>and <i>St Urbain''s Horseman.</i></p>