num_pages: 557
description: This comic novel won the 1990 Commonwealth Writers Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Moses Berger decides to write a history of the wealthy Gursky family in Canada, and traces it back to the mysterious Solomon's grandfather - a forger, Arctic explorer and self-styled rabbi.
language: English
title: Solomon Gursky Was Here
titlecomplete: Solomon Gursky Was Here
genres: Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canada, Jewish, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 3006
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book Overall
publisher: Viking Canada