Solomon Gursky was Here
- ISBN-10
- 0099877309
- ISBN-13
- 9780099877301
- Series
- Solomon Gursky Was Here
- Category
- Explorers
- Pages
- 524
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Random House
- Author
- Mordecai Richler
Description
Since the age of 11 Moses Berger has been obsessed withthe Gursky clan, and insanely wealthy, profoundly seductive family of Jewish-Canadian descent. Now a 52-year-old alcoholic biographer, Berger is desperately trying to chronicle the stories of their lives, especially that of the mysterious Solomon Gursky, who may or may not have died in a plane crash.
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