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Line 1: {{work\|wppage=Barney's Version (novel)}} ~~{{Cleanup\|This page is about the novel but includes the film version almost as an afterthought. The film should be broken out into its own page.}}~~ {{Infobox book \| title = Barney's Version Line 14 ⟶ 13: \| wiki name = }} A 1997 novel by Canadian author [[Mordecai Richler]], '''''Barney's Version''''' turned out to be his final work of fiction before his death in 2001. It was later made into [[Barney's Version (film)\|a 2010 film]] directed by Richard Lewis. The novel is the life story of one Barney Panofsky, a rather grumpy Montreal Jew ([[Author Avatar\|just like the protagonist of every other Mordecai Richler novel]]) who is famous for having three wives (and three divorces) and for having been accused of murdering his close friend Boogie circa 1960, for which he was acquitted at trial but judged guilty in the court of public opinion. A lifelong producer of crappy TV shows that have made him rich, Barney sets out writing his memoirs to refute what he sees as scurrilous charges made by Terry McIver, a so-called great Canadian novelist (whose work Barney finds humourless and cardboard) who he knew in Paris in the early 1950s. Thus we learn the story of Barney's life, including his relationships with Clara (wife #1), [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin\|The Second Mrs. Panofsky]], and Miriam (wife #3), his three children, and his friend Boogie. The novel won the [[Giller Prize]] in 1997. The film version stars [[Paul Giamatti]] as Barney (for which role he won a Golden Globe), Rachelle LeFevre as Clara, Minnie Driver as The Second Mrs. Panofsky, Rosamund Pike as Miriam, and [[Dustin Hoffman]] as Barney's father Izzy. {{tropelist~~\|The book and film contain examples of:~~}} * [[Canon Welding]]: In the same universe as several of Richler's previous novels, including ''[[The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz]]'' (Duddy puts in a few cameo appearances). * [[Daddy's Girl]]: Barney's daughter Kate is the most supportive of his three children. He himself professes to be confused by this, since he wasn't really ''that'' involved in her childhood compared to Miriam. Line 35 ⟶ 34: * [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Terry McIver. * [[Soap Within a Show]]: Barney is the producer of a sleazy, cliched, and long-running soap opera named "O'Malley of the North". * [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: ~~The film stars Paul Giamatti as Barney, with his three wives played by [[Rachelle LeFevre]], [[Minnie Driver]], and [[Rosamund Pike]]; there's a noticeable attractiveness gap. In the book,~~ Barney explicitly notes that this caused the downfall of his marriage to Miriam, as Barney was so dazzled by the idea that someone as beautiful and intelligent as her could love him that he became obsessed with warding off any possible threat, alienating her in the process. ([[Barney's Version (film)\|The film]] stars [[Paul Giamatti]] as Barney, with his three wives played by [[Rachelle LeFevre]], [[Minnie Driver]], and [[Rosamund Pike]]; there's a noticeable attractiveness gap.) * [[Unreliable Narrator]]: Barney openly acknowledges taking potshots at various people he doesn't like, but does try to remember things as best he can. The footnotes and his son call to attention whether he was remembering incorrectly in places. * [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: Barney, in more than a few episodes of his life. * [[Women Are Wiser]]: Miriam (wife #3) is this; however, Clara (wife #1) is a decided aversion. ~~{{tropelist\|The film contains examples of:}}~~ * [[Actor Allusion]]: The heroic Mountie in "O'Malley of the North" is played by [[Due South\|Paul Gross]]. * [[Casting Gag]]: Some might recognize [[Atom Egoyan]] and [[David Cronenberg]] playing the directors of "O'Malley of the North". * [[Death by Sex]]: {{spoiler\|Barney's dad}} in the film version. {{reflist}} {{Giller Prize}} ~~[[Category:Barney's Version]]~~ [[Category:~~Film~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Literature of the 1990s]] ▲[[Category:Film]] ~~[[Category:Canadian Films]]~~ ~~[[Category:Films of the 2010s]]~~ ~~[[Category:Multiple Works Need Separate Pages]]~~ [[Category:Canadian Literature]]