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Barney's VersionMordecai Richler

Barney's Version

417 pagesFirst published 199722 editions · 7 languages
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Barney Panofsky smokes too many cigars, drinks too much whiskey, and is obsessed with two things: the Montreal Canadiens hockey team and his ex-wife Miriam. An acquaintance from his youthful years in Paris, Terry McIver, is about to publish his autobiography. In its pages he accuses Barney of an assortment of sins, including murder. It's time, Barney decides, to present the world with his own version of events. Barney's Version is his memoir, a rambling, digressive rant, full of revisions and factual errors (corrected in footnotes written by his son) and enough insults for everyone,…

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Editions

22 editions · 7 languages
  • Paperback · English · 1999
    Washington Square Press · 368 pages · 9780671028466
  • Hardcover · English · 1999
    Random House Value Publishing · 9780517462737
  • Paperback · English · 1998
    Vintage Canada · 417 pages · 9780676971743
  • Paperback · English · 1998
    Vintage · 416 pages · 9780099939207
  • Hardcover · English · 1997
    Chatto and Windus · 288 pages · 9780701162726
  • Paperback · English
    La versione di barney
    9788845915703
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