num_pages: 192
description: Transplanted to Toronto from his native Baffin Island, Atuk the poet is an unlikely overnight success. Eagerly adapting to a society steeped in pretension, bigotry, and greed, Atuk soon abandons the literary life in favour of more lucrative—and hazardous—schemes.Richler's hilarious and devastating satire lampoons the self-deceptions of "the Canadian identity" and derides the hypocrisy of a nation that seeks cultural independence by slavishly pursuing the American dream.
language: English
title: The Incomparable Atuk
titlecomplete: The Incomparable Atuk (New Canadian Library)
genres: Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canada, School, Humor, 20th Century
ratings_count: 379
places: Toronto, Ontario
publisher: New Canadian Library