Barney's Version

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A darkly humorous journey through a flawed life.

If you're drawn to character-driven narratives with a distinctive voice, "Barney's Version" might just be the next book to get lost in. Richler masterfully presents a protagonist whose unreliable memories paint a vibrant, if questionable, mosaic of a life filled with triumphs, failures, and unwavering candidness. Barney's tale is unique in its honesty and dark humor, and you may find yourself both rooting for and against him as he reveals his version of the truth.

  • Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal (1998)
  • Scotiabank Giller Prize (1997)
  • Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in Caribbean and Canada (1998)
  • Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Nominee (1997)
  • Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize Nominee for Fiction (1998)
  • Premi Llibreter de narrativa for Altres literatures (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Barney's Version

Regular price RM33.08 MYR
Unit price
per
RM29.77 MYR Thryft Club Member Price
ISBN: 9780099554462
Authors: Mordecai Richler
Publisher: CCV
Date of Publication: 2011-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Drama, Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Goodreads rating: 4.16
(rated by 12775 readers)

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Before his brain began to shrink, Barney Panofsky clung to two cherished beliefs. Life was absurd, and nobody ever truly understood anybody else. Even his friends tend to agree that Barney is 'a wife-abuser, an intellectual fraud, a purveyor of pap, a drunk with a penchant for violence and probably a murderer'. But when his sworn enemy threatens to publish this calumny, Barney is driven to write his own memoirs, rewinding the spool of his life, editing, selecting and plagiarising, as his memory plays tricks on him - and on the reader. Ebullient and perverse, he has seen off 3 wives before running off with a sober academic. Houdini-like, Barney slides from crisis to success, from lowlife to highlife in Montreal, Paris and London, his outrageous exploits culminating in the scandal he carries around like a humpback - the murder charge that he goes on denying to the end.
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A darkly humorous journey through a flawed life.

If you're drawn to character-driven narratives with a distinctive voice, "Barney's Version" might just be the next book to get lost in. Richler masterfully presents a protagonist whose unreliable memories paint a vibrant, if questionable, mosaic of a life filled with triumphs, failures, and unwavering candidness. Barney's tale is unique in its honesty and dark humor, and you may find yourself both rooting for and against him as he reveals his version of the truth.

  • Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal (1998)
  • Scotiabank Giller Prize (1997)
  • Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in Caribbean and Canada (1998)
  • Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Nominee (1997)
  • Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize Nominee for Fiction (1998)
  • Premi Llibreter de narrativa for Altres literatures (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.