num_pages: 540
description: Moses Berger is very young when he first hears the name that will obsess him and drive him on a quest across Canada and Europe. His life becomes consumed with unravelling the secrets from the startling, almost mythical life of a man and family shrouded in lies. Ranging from the underworld of nineteenth-century London, through the Franklin expedition to the Arctic, to the Prohibition years on the prairies and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Solomon Gursky Was Here is a grand, uncommonly rich tale from one of Canada's best storytellers.
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: Penguin