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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.▼
▲[[Barney's Version (film)|The film version]] was released in 2010. <!-- 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. MOD: Move this information to the film's Work page. -->
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* [[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.
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