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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

From Mordecai Richler, one of our greatest satirists, comes one of literature's most delightful characters, Duddy Kravitz -- in a novel that belongs in the pantheon of seminal twentieth century books. Duddy -- the third generation of a Jewish immigra

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Characters

Mordecai Richler (6)Duddy Kravitz (2)

“Experience doesn't teach: it deforms.”

— Mordecai Richler, amazon.com

Tagged: Life

“There's more to you than mere money-lust, Duddy, but I'm afraid for you. You're two people that's why. The scheming little bastard I saw so easily, and the fine, intelligent boy underneath that your grandfather, bless him, saw. But you're coming of age soon and you'll have to choose. A boy can be tw…”

— Mordecai Richler, amazon.com

Tagged: Life

“It's a battlefield, he thought, it sure is. But you and I, Duddy, we're officers, and that makes it harder. We're captains of our souls, so to speak, and they're the cabin boys.”

— Mordecai Richler, amazon.com

Tagged: Life

“Duddy, it's not easy to earn a living. If you went out in the trade and asked about me there are lots of men who would tell you Cohen is a lousy son of a bitch. You think I've never had troubles? You think you run a scrap yard for twenty-five years next September without accidents or lawsuits or und…”

— Mordecai Richler, amazon.com

Tagged: Life

“A boy can be two, three, four potential people, but a man is only one. He murders the others.”

— Mordecai Richler, Duddy Kravitz, amazon.com

Tagged: Life

“A boy can be two, three, four potential people, but a man is only one. He murders the others.”

— Mordecai Richler, Duddy Kravitz, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Men