Description
In the swinging, hypocritical world of sixties London, Mortimer Griffin—a beleaguered Canadian publisher and middle-class Anglican from Caribou, Ontario—finds his carefully managed life thrown off course. When his routine work collides with the grotesque spectacle of Hollywood’s “Star Maker,” he becomes entangled in a web of manipulation, performance, and moral compromise that exposes how easily reputations are manufactured. Mordecai Richler’s sharp, comic satire follows Griffin as he navigates deceit and self-deception, searching for dignity in a culture that rewards cynicism. With its biting wit and keen eye for social pretension, the novel explores identity, ambition, and the uneasy distance between public charm and private truth.
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hardcover
McClelland & Stewart
Published Jan 1, 1968
258 pages
ISBN: 9780771074950
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First Published
1968
Language
eng
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