hes a canadian writer, from montreal. im reading 'the street' right now, almost finished it actually. its a collection of short stories, all related to him growing up in a working-class jewish neighbourhood. its extremely nostalgic and his writting is very attractive, you can really imagine what he's writting about without an overflow of misplaced detail. funny yet touching, with a truly real feeling too the stories. anyways, i thought id share this, not knowing how well known richler is abroad. its a great read and i cant wait to read more of his work.
I've been meaning to read "The Adventures of Duddy Kravitz" after seeing the movie on TV some years ago. It was right after he died, and they had a special thing on him all night.