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Jan 1, 1997 · Houdini-like, Barney slides from crisis to success, from lowlife to highlife in Montreal, Paris and London, his outrageous expolits culminating in the scandal he carries around like a humpback - the murder charge that he goes on denying to the end.
Barney's Version is a novel written by Canadian author Mordecai Richler, published by Knopf Canada in 1997 . Plot summary. The story is written as if it is an autobiography by Barney Panofsky recounting his life in varying detail.
Dec 21, 2011 · Barney's Version (Vintage International) Kindle Edition. by Mordecai Richler (Author), Michael Panofsky (Afterword) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.4 230 ratings. See all formats and editions. Charged with comic energy and a steely disregard for any pieties whatsoever, Barney's Version is a major Richler novel, the most personal and feeling book of a ...
May 4, 2010 · Barney Panofsky—Canadian expat, wily lover of women, writer, television producer, raconteur—is finally putting pen to paper so he can rebut the charges about him made in his rival’s autobiography.
Charged with comic energy and a steely disregard for any pieties whatsoever, Barney’s Version is a major Richler novel, the most personal and feeling book of a long and distinguished career.
Dec 23, 1997 · by Mordecai Richler (Author), Michael Panofsky (Afterword) 4.4 231 ratings. See all formats and editions. Charged with comic energy and a steely disregard for any pieties whatsoever, Barney's Version is a major Richler novel, the most personal and feeling book of a long and distinguished career.
Charged with comic energy and a wicked disregard for any pieties whatsoever, Barney's Version is a brilliant portrait of a man whom Mordecai Richler has made uniquely memorable for all time. It is also an unforgettable love story, a story about family and the riches of friendship. Read more. ISBN-10. 0676971741.
"Ebullient and perverse, thrice married, Barney Panofsky has always clung to two cherished beliefs: life is absurd and nobody truly ever understands anybody else. But when his sworn enemy publicly states that Barney is a wife abuser, an intellectual fraud and probably a murderer, he is driven to write his own memoirs.
Jun 24, 2021 · His first wife, an artist and poet, commits suicide and becomes--a la Sylvia Plath--a feminist icon, and Barney is widely reviled for goading her toward death, if not actually murdering her.
