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Mordecai: The Life & Times

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FULL INDEX

For reasons of space, Barney Gilmore's comprehensive Full Index of Mordecai: The Life and Times had to be trimmed to a more limited names-‐only version in the book. Below is the entire index of the first edition of Mordecai, for those who are interested.

— Charles Foran, October, 2010

Note to the reader: Throughout this index the abbreviation F is used to signify Florence Richler and the abbreviation M is used to signify Mordecai Richler.

ABC (UK media company), 217, 223 Abel, Elie, 108 Abella, Irving, 597 Abley, Mark, 570–72, 621–22, 721 The Acrobats (M’s early novel). See also Wicked We Love; 141, 145, 148, 150–52, 155–56, 174, 179, 183–84, 188, 193, 195–96, 200, 213, 217, 219, 230, 238, 245, 252, 328, 411, 418, 676

early reviews of, 178–80 described, 180 reader complaints about, 189–90 M’s radio & TV adaptations of, 209–10 publication of, 166, 176–78 Adelphi (publishers), 646, 676, 686 The Adventures of Augie March (novel), 114, 221, 327 Advertisements for Myself (novel), 281 Agha, Eddy, 91 Aislin (cartoonist), 381, 386, 412–13, 521, 529, 559–60, 594, 621, 646 Albert, Ben (Ruth Rosenberg’s husband), 25 Albert, Lionel (M’s cousin), 135, 138, 150, 325, 671, 674 Albert, Ruth (“Rifka,” née Rosenberg, M’s aunt), 5, 17, 25, 29, 36, 41, 52, 99, 324, 455–56, 477, 674 Aleichem, Sholom, 334 Alfred A. Knopf (publishers). See also Knopf Canada; 140, 352, 378, 422, 445, 487, 506–7, 509, 511, 546, 568, 627, 634, 658

sold to Bertelsmann, 636 Algren, Nelson, 139, 148, 220 Alive (book), 445 Allan, Ted, 177, 182, 187, 194, 201, 203, 206, 209–12, 225–26, 228, 237, 239–40, 269, 276, 283, 301, 313, 321–22, 337–38, 354, 373, 433, 508, 594, 623

death of, 613–14 described, 149–50, 218 his love of the Richler family, 396–97 M’s fondness for and trust in, 205, 271, 289, 292, 362, 456, 464, 566, 631 M’s writing encouraged by, 128, 133, 149–59, 198–99, 318–19, 336–37, 345, 395–96, 399, 404, 414–15, 423, 432, 438, 623, 628–30

Allen, Ralph, 271

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Allen, Walter, 175, 193, 257 Allen, Woody, 508, 576, 648 Alligator Pie (children’s book), 516 Alter, Louis, 413 Amagansett, 257, 288, 290–91, 293, 305, 322, 691 Amagoalik, John, 431 American Graffiti (film), 429 Amiel, Barbara, 480, 599, 610, 624 Amis, Kingsley, 173, 194, 213, 221, 329, 354, 356–57, 600, 682 Amis, Martin, 600, 686 Amongst Women (novel), 564 Amussen, Bob, 165, 176 Andre Deutsch (publishing house). See also Deutsch, Andre; 178–79, 191, 201, 216, 244, 270, 272 Ansky, S., 102 An Answer from Limbo (book), 288–89 Antaeus (journal), 536 Antonioni, Michelangelo, 356 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (M’s novel). See also Duddy Kravitz (the character); the Duddy Kravitz trilogy; xiii, 253, 262, 270, 275–76, 285, 289–91, 295, 308, 311, 321, 328, 345, 372, 402, 438, 450, 463, 478, 484, 528, 598–99, 607, 653

adapted, 274 described, 235–36, 244–46 early praise for, 236, 238 early reviews of, 248–52 the film version of, 403–4, 429–30, 432–33, 438, 442, 446–48, 452, 494, 515 M begins work on, 230 M completes work on, 244–45 a musical version of, 501–2, 512–15 A.P. Watt & Son (literary agents), 321 Aquin, Hubert, 369, 371 Arafat, Yasser, 583 Arcand, Adrien, 34, 45, 51–52 Arcand, Denys, 633 Arkin, Alan, 515–16 Asch, Sholem, 48 Asper, Izzy, 669 Astbury, Dr. A.K., 67–68 Athill, Diana, 174, 177, 179, 182, 195, 200, 206, 215–16, 242, 257, 264, 272, 290–91, 297–98, 322, 344, 355, 506, 599

described, 178 as M’s advisor/editor, 152–54, 164, 166–67, 177, 193, 206, 230, 236, 253, 258–59, 263, 269, 285, 308, 318, 351, 412, 415, 484

Atkinson, Peter, 666 Atlantic Press (publishers), 238, 250, 438 Attlee, Clement, 82 Aubin, Benoît, 594, 698

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Auden, W.H., 85, 137, 374, 389, 534, 568, 684 Auf der Maur, Nick, 381, 434, 476, 529, 543, 560 celebrated, 646, 648 terminal illness of, 625–26, 630 Auschwitz, 72, 374, 388 An Awfully Big Adventure (novel), 564 Ayckbourn, Alan, 173 Aylen, John, 416, 529, 622, 626, 630, 694 Ba’al Shem Tov, 204 Babel, Isaac, 204, 305–7, 334, 374, 397, 413, 424, 427, 493, 543, 576, 602, 658 Babel, Nathalie, 306 Bacall, Lauren, 448 Back to Ibiza (M’s memoir), 469–70, 478, 503 Bacon, Francis (English painter), 332 Baden-‐Soellingen, 302 Bailey, David, 228 Bainbridge, Beryl, 322, 508, 564, 682 Baker, George, 179 Baker, Russell, 508 Bald, Diane, 658, 689 Baldwin, James, 114–15, 136, 182, 327 Ballard, J.G., 510 Balsam, Philip, 517 Balzac, Honoré de, 119, 245 Bancroft, Anne, 353 Bancroft Public School, Montreal, 16 Bantey, Ed, 572 “Barney,” as a character in M’s other novels, 180, 541 Barney Like the Player Piano (M’s drafts). See Barney’s Version Barney’s Version (M’s novel), 631, 648–49, 653, 668, 713 described, 628–30, 641–43 early responses to, 632–37, 646 film of, 700 film script of, 645, 650–52, 662, 669, 699 gestation of begun, 582, 584–85, 599–600 gestation resumed, 607–9, 617, 619, 623 a hit in Italy, 671, 676–77, 685–86, 701 nearly completed, 626–27 radio script of, 686 Baron Byng High School (Montreal), 30, 36, 41, 48, 71, 73–74, 83–84, 87, 91, 357, 396, 667, 696

described, 66–69, 88–89, 96, 106, 255 graduates of, 94, 150–51, 155, 417, 429, 434–35, 542, 670 Basuk, Jack, 94–95 Bates, Alan, 240, 304 Bauch, Hubie, 529, 718, 721

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BBC radio, 173, 179, 187, 194, 527, 565, 599, 610, 625 BBC television, 158, 191, 204, 296, 306–7, 380, 428, 442, 582–83, 588, 592, 634–35 Bear (novel), 449 Beatty, Warren, 576 Beauchamp, Lord, 73 Beauchamp, Mme, 92 Beautiful Losers (novel), 268 Beauty’s Deli, 69 Beaverbrook, Lord, 216 Beckett, Samuel, 115 Beerbohm, Max, 142 The Beggar Maid (novel), 493, 525 Bélanger, Michel, 571 Béliveau, Jean, 371, 701 Belling the Cat (M’s book), 595, 598, 648–49 Bellow, Saul, 114–15, 204, 221, 287, 305, 307, 314, 335–36, 386, 392, 397, 478, 507, 605, 648, 658, 681

M’s appreciation of, 327–28 The Bells of Hell (M’s TV drama), 427–28, 470 Ben-‐Gurion, David, 90, 93 Benjamin, Walter, 113 Bennett, Allan, 297 Bennett, Avie, 524–25, 605, 621, 653, 658, 672, 685, 694 Bennett, Beverly, 524 “Benny, Bella, and the War in Europe” (M’s story), 211–12, 236, 238–39, 376 Benson, Thom, 428 Berger, Maxie, 46–47, 93, 413 Bergman, Ingrid, 121 Berkeley, Michael, 392, 499, 599 Berle, Milton, 258 Berlin, Isaiah, 173 Berton, Pierre, 413, 436 The Best of Modern Humour (M’s anthology), 507–8, 521 Beth Ora Synagogue, 261, 263 Bethune, Norman, 149, 177, 210, 396 Bevan, Aneurin, 208, 491 Bevan, Nye, 491 Beverly Wilshire Hotel, 447, 452 “Beyond all the Blessings and Hymns” (M’s story), 156 Bialik, Chaim Nachman, 82 Bier, David, 156 biographies, the author’s understandings of, xii Birney, Earle, 315 Bissonnette, Lise, 571, 573, 580 Black, Conrad, 476, 529, 557, 562, 566, 587–88, 595, 599, 610, 623–26, 630, 646, 650, 655, 669, 701

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Blair, Tony, 630 Blais, Marie-‐Claire, 371 Blake, Hector “Toe,” 46–47, 65, 492 Bloom, Claire, 508 Bloom, Harold, 510 Bloomfield, George, 645 Blow-up (film), 356 The Blue Max (film script), 320, 325 Bogarde, Dirk, 173, 301 the Booker Prize, 386, 392, 397–98, 402, 492–93, 563–65, 606, 634, 652, 681 the Book of Job, M’s introduction to, 654 The Book of Secrets (novel), 606 the Book-‐of-‐the-‐Month Club (BOMC), 155, 425, 439–40, 443, 449, 462, 472, 479–81, 504, 507, 509, 521, 525, 541, 544, 550

Borzoi Books (Knopf imprint), 352 Bouchard, Lucien, 615 Boudreau, Cathy. See also Hananda; 151, 154, 179, 190, 193, 195–96, 202, 206, 215–18, 225, 228, 236, 241, 251, 334, 604–5, 629, 643

accompanies M to England, 158–61, 166–69, 172 her anger at M’s betrayal, 242, 246–47 describes life in England with M, 170–71 learns that M wants a divorce, 229–31 looses her child with M, 207 marries M, 181–83, 185–88 remarries, 272, 390 summers with F and Stanley in Roquebrune, 214, 224–25, 229 treated well by Lily, 172–73, 175, 266 Boudreau, Tess. See Taconis, Tess Bourassa, Robert, 379, 433–34, 461, 529, 559 Bourne, Nina, 378, 456, 658 Bowen, Elizabeth, 137, 382 Bowering, George, 493 Bowser and Blue (comedy duo), 575, 594 Box, Betty, 244, 249, 280, 296–97 Bradbury, Malcolm, 682 Bragg, Mervyn, 635 Braine, John, 213, 330 Broadsides: Reviews and Opinions (M’s essays), 562–63 Bronfman, Charles, 364, 461, 481, 490 Bronfman, Saidye, 433 Bronfman, Sam. See also Samuel Bronfman Centre; 23, 86, 98, 364, 391, 414–15, 423, 471, 490–91, 542, 632 Bronfman Dynasty (book), 480–81, 534–35, 547 the Bronfman family, 97, 391, 413, 548 Brooks, Mel, 353 Brown, Jerry, 89 Brown, Tina, 584

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Bryden, Ron, 295, 307, 311 Buchan, John (Lord Tweedsmuir), 73, 82, 357, 369 Buchwald, Art, 137, 508 Budman, Michael, 658, 689 Burgess, Anthony, 350, 403 Burgess, Dr. (obstetrician), 4 Burnard, Bonnie, 636 Burnett, David, 115, 135–36 Burning Water (novel), 493 Burroughs, William, 114, 136 Burton, Richard, 173, 325 Byatt, A.S., 564–65 Caesar, Sid, 258 Café Tournon, 114, 137 Calasso, Roberto, 645–46 Calder, Liz, 607 Callaghan, Morley, 105, 113, 201, 273, 387, 439, 550 Callil, Carmen, 511–12, 533, 546, 563, 568, 593, 607, 653 Cambridge University, 138–39, 154, 174, 291 Camille Laurin, 462 Campbell, Kim, 595 Camus, Albert, 113, 117 Canada, M’s criticisms of, 279 The Canada Council (granting agency), 175, 224, 267, 329, 333, 360, 362, 449, 531 Canada Made Me (book), 255–56, 271, 332 “Canadian Conundrums” (M’s address at U. of Waterloo), 652 Canadian Film Development Corporation, 375, 390, 494 Canadian Jewish Review (magazine), 7, 26, 44, 71, 335, 411 Canadian nationalism, the phenomenon of, 274 “Canadian Outlook” (M’s article), 264 Canadians Abroad (film), 202 Canadian Writing Today (M’s anthology), 370, 408, 508 Candy (porn novel), 215, 233 Cantor, Eddie, 99, 258 Capote, Truman, 105, 114 Carle, Gilles, 433 Carleton University, 363, 393–94, 416, 419, 424–26, 504, 529 Carpenter, David, 549 Carroll, Dink, 267, 416, 434 Carter, Graydon, 416 Cassidy, Joan, 106 Catch-22 (novel), 288, 291, 307, 349, 508 Cattarulla, Elliot and Kay, 437 CBC radio, 47, 50, 59, 65, 96, 144, 150, 187, 196, 203, 206, 209–11, 220, 249, 272–73, 379, 417, 423, 427–28, 527, 596, 686

M featured on, 274–76, 279, 571, 581

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CBC Television, 146, 149, 209, 217, 228, 306, 329, 348, 366, 387, 404, 428, 500–501, 581, 618, 645, 701

M featured on, 451, 530, 551, 572, 624 Céline, Louis-‐Ferdinand, 114, 117, 153, 155, 568 CEMP Investments, 364, 471 Chandwani, Ashok, 625 The Charlottetown Accord, 586–87, 590–91 Chatelaine (magazine), 264 Chatto & Windus, 511, 533, 546, 555–57, 564, 579, 583, 626, 634 Cheever, John, 507 Cherney, Alex, 119, 147, 348, 406 Cherney, Gloria, 147, 324 Chetwynd, Lionel, 447–48, 501 A Choice of Enemies (M’s novel), 217, 223, 240, 252, 280, 325, 685 described, 212–13 reception of, 214 Chrétien, Jean, 620, 698 Christie, Julie, 354 Chung, Laifun, 506 Churchill, Winston, 49–50 Cité Libre, 318 City of Light. See Paris Civil Elegies (long poem), 516 Clarke, Austin, 365–67, 371 Clarkson, Adrienne, 524–25, 700 Clay, Cassius. See also Muhammad Ali; 295 Clayton, Haya (née Harareet), 277, 312, 353, 447, 452, 510, 658 Clayton, Jack, 210, 218, 223–24, 244, 251, 259, 277, 295, 297, 313, 333, 338, 342, 352–54, 362, 447, 452

death of, 609–10, 613–14, 631 godfather to Martha, 321 A Clockwork Orange (novel and film), 350 Cocksure (M’s novel), 336, 339, 369, 372, 375, 392, 441, 478, 508, 511, 557, 653, 681 censorship and, 355 described, 349–50 early reviews of, 348–49 filmmaker interest in, 352–54, 406 Cocteau, Jean, 135 Coetzee, J.M., 547 Cohen, Douglas, 116, 513 Cohen, Eli, 284 Cohen, Fayge, 586, 602 Cohen, Joseph, 34 Cohen, Leonard, 267, 293–94, 336, 369, 371, 386 angered by M trashing Canada, 315 Cohen, Nathan, 210, 217, 390 his critique of M’s early writing, 219–211

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Cohen, Rabbi Hirsch, 267 Cohen, Sol, 586, 602 The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel (book), 305–6 Collège Brébeuf, Montreal, 67 Collège Stanislas, Montreal, 406, 418 Colombo, John Robert, 324 Colson, Dan, 610 Commentary (magazine), 222, 249, 264, 300, 302, 307, 310, 329, 339 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, 564, 606 communism, approved, 31, 58, 83, 104, 212 communists, persecuted, 34, 44, 58, 103, 129, 149, 203–4 Compton, Neil, 103, 154, 195, 197, 342, 359–60, 370, 390, 445 Concordia University, 363, 688 Confessions of a Fellow Traveller (M’s article), 238 Confusions (novel), 305 Conlogue, Ray, 572 Connery, Sean, 224, 296, 322, 337, 353, 357 Connolly, Cyril, 192 Cook, Peter, 297, 623 Cooper, Art, 508–9, 605, 610, 698 Cooper, Gary, 121 Cooper, Henry, 295 Coren, Michael, 613 Cornwell, David. See le Carré, Jean Corso, Gregory, 281 Corvo, “Baron”. See Rolfe, William Cossar, Karen, 580 Cote-‐des-‐Neiges cemetery, 49, 631 Cotler, Irwin, 475 Couples (novel), 354 Coward, Noel, 213 Craig, Gordon, 142, 324 Cranston, Toller, 636 Creative Age Press (publishers), 133 Creery, Ray, 431–32 Cronenberg, David, 604 Cross, James, 379–80, 382 cummings, e.e., 85, 116 Dahl, Roald, 422 Daily Telegraph (newspaper), 557, 587–88, 599, 603, 634, 678 Dale, Maylie, 216 Dale, Peter. See Scott, Peter Dale Dance of the Happy Shades (stories), 369 Daniel Deronda (novel), 85 Davenport, John, 174, 179 Davidson, Lionel, 297

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Davies, Robertson, 385, 425, 439, 449, 493, 504, 550, 556, 582, 667 “A Day in the Life” (M’s article), 479–80 de Beauvoir, Simone, 117, 568 de Gaulle, Charles, 360 de Kooning, Willem, 288 Delap, Leanne (M’s daughter-‐in-‐law), 614, 657 De la Roche Street, Montreal, 19, 21, 25 Delorimier Downs (ballpark), 74 Dennys, Louise, 604, 607, 611, 658–59, 679, 681, 683, 685, 701 background of, 596–97 befriends, edits, and advises M, 598, 608–9, 633, 636–37, 645–46, 663–64, 668–72, 686, 699 suggests edits for Barney’s Version, 626–27 Desai, Anita, 191 Deutsch, André. See also André Deutsch (publishing house); 158–61, 177, 215, 333, 351 befriends, edits, and advises M, 174–75, 193, 214, 258–59, 269, 285, 412, 422, 506, 511, 516, 528

his correspondence with M, 152–55, 412 decides to publish The Acrobats, 151–52 Dickens, Charles, 58, 173, 192, 493 Diefenbaker, John, 368 Dispatches from the Sporting Life (M’s collection of essays), 686, 699–700 The Diviners (novel), 443–44 Dobbs, Kildare, 206–7, 249, 279, 297, 340 Donen, Stanley, 320 “Don’t Look to Writers for Morality Lessons” (M’s late article), 684 Downey, James, 416–17 Doyle, Arthur Conan, 13, 613 Drainie, Bronwyn, 588–90, 613 Drapeau, Mayor Jean, 361, 435 Drew, George, 283 Dreyfus, Colonel Alfred, 81, 100 Dreyfuss, Richard, 429–30, 432, 513, 656 Driver, Minnie, 700 Dr. Strangelove (film script), 293, 560 Drucker, Molly (M’s great grandmother), 21, 42, 686 Ducharme, Réjean, 371 Duddy Kane’s First Marriage (M’s proposed novel), 269 Duddy Kravitz (the character), M’s perceptions of. See also The Apprenticship of Duddy Kravitz; 245–46

the Duddy Kravitz trilogy (proposed), 269, 275–76, 329, 483, 598 Dughi, Joe, 135, 141, 356 Dunn, Mr. (history teacher), 68, 89 Dunton, Davidson, 393 Duplessis, Maurice, 34, 37, 44, 103, 146, 268, 317, 408, 476 The Dying Animal (book), 691

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Earth and High Heaven (novel), 85 Economist (magazine), 600, 617, 691 Eden, Anthony, 208 Éditions Baluc (publishers), 583 Edmonton Sun (newspaper), 521 Eggar, Samantha, 296 Eichmann, Adolf, 286, 319 Eisenstein, Sergei, 142 “The Elected Squares” (M’s article), 264 Eliach, Yaffa, 568 Eliot, George (Mary Ann Evans), 53 Eliot, T.S., 140, 173, 684 Empire of the Sun (film), 510–11 Encounter (magazine), 317, 326–27, 329, 340, 356 Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports (book), 339 Endo, Shusaku, 568 Engel, Marian, 480 “The Errand Runner” (Lily’s book), described, 495–97, 503 Esplanade St., Montreal, 2–3, 7–8, 17, 30, 34, 48, 62, 78, 324, 414, 429, 576, 696 Esquire (magazine), 397, 446, 502 Everton, Clive, 686 Expo ‘67. See Montreal, 1967 world’s fair in Expos. See Montreal Expos (baseball team) Faber & Faber (publishers), 140 Faces in the Dark (M’s film script rewrite), 244 Fadiman, Clifford, 541 Fairchild Aircraft Co., 60, 431 Fairmount St. Montreal, 8, 14, 30–34, 36, 57, 238, 372 Faithfull, Marianne, 355 The Fall of Mendel Krick (M’s screen script), 305–6 Famous Last Words (novel), 547 Faulkner, William, 153, 175, 245, 684 Fawcett, Brian, 549 Feed My Dear Dogs (Emma’s novel), 702 Feiffer, Jules, 340 Feigenbaum, Charlie, 34 Feinberg, Mr. (religious instructor), 35 Feldman, Harry, 92 Feldman, Marty, 448 Fiddler on the Roof (stage musical), 334 Fiedler, Leslie, 249 Findley, Timothy, 493, 547, 582, 644, 655, 701 “The Fire” (M’s story), 164 Fish, Morris, 67 Fitton, J. Lesley, 684 Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 113, 684

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Fitzgerald, Penelope, 564 Fleming, Ian, 356–57 Fletcher’s Field (Montreal park), 8, 27, 32, 36, 38, 48, 235, 429, 688 Fonda, Jane, 391, 452 Foot, Michael, 491 Ford, Ford Maddox, 113 Foreman, Carl, 447–48 Forman, Sir Denis, 565 Forster, E.M., 138–39, 160, 174, 182 Fowles, John, 392, 397 Frankel, Julius, 56, 58, 71, 346, 460, 496, 660 courts Lily, 62–63, 77 leaves Lily, 84, 98 snubbed by M, 64, 70 Frankel, Theodore, 222 Fraser, Antonia, 397 Fraser, Blair, 271 Fraser, Elizabeth, 657 Fraser, John, 440–41, 510, 562, 594, 612, 624, 649, 655, 657–58, 661, 667 “The French, the English, the Jews…” (M’s article), 316–17 Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), 316 Frum, Barbara, 531, 579–80, 584 Frum, Linda, 650 Fulford, Robert, 271, 273, 277, 279, 297, 300, 316–317, 342, 347–48, 362, 365–66, 370, 385–86, 395, 402, 428, 493 Gagnon, Lysiane, 572 Gaiety Theater, Montreal, 41, 79, 455 Galbraith, John Kenneth, 550, 666 Gallant, Mavis, 86, 141, 145, 147, 151, 177, 200–201, 216, 370, 377, 444, 504, 605, 616, 636, 667

her early Paris writing criticized, 134, 137 first meets M, 106–7, 115, 118–20 her growing influence on M, 126–28, 463 Garbo, Gretta, 216 Gatenby, Greg, 556, 558, 667–68 The Gate of Angels (novel), 564 the Gaza Strip, 208, 343 Geo (magazine), 490 George, Daniel, 148 George, Roger (“Sweet Pea”), 526, 536, 543, 630, 648 Georgy Girl (stage play), 296, 304 Gersbach, Valentine, 305 Gesser, Sam, 501, 512–14 Giamatti, Paul, 700 the G.I. Bill, 114 Gibson, Graeme, 417–18

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Giller, Doris, 434–37, 529, 584 death of, 593, 596 described, 434 The Giller Prize, 596, 606, 613, 636–37, 645, 670 Ginsberg, Allen, 114 Girodias, Maurice, 115, 215, 223 Glassco, John, 113 The Globe and Mail (newspaper), 200, 248, 307, 479, 504, 510, 517, 548, 571–73, 583, 588, 592, 633, 635, 669

Godbout, Jacques, 371, 698–99 Godin, Gérald, 461 God Knows (M’s planned novel), 508 The God of Small Things (novel), 634 Godwin, Fay, 352 Godwin, Tony, 351–52, 364, 377, 389, 393, 422, 466, 484, 523, 631 Gold, Herbert, 115, 135, 220 Golding, William, 493 Goldwater, Barry, 340 Golem of Prague and the Wondrous Deeds of the Maharal of Prague, 10–13, 76, 388–89, 543, 608

included in This Year in Jerusalem, 601–2 Good, Cynthia, 511, 525, 546, 569, 596–97, 599, 607 Good as Gold (novel), 508 A Good Baby (novel), 556 Goodbye, Columbus (stories), 288 Gopnik, Adam, 509 Goshawk Squadron (novel), 397 Gostick, Sheila, 549 Go Tell It on the Mountain (novel), 114, 221 Gottlieb, Robert, 307, 352 allowed to edit Barney’s Version, 626–27 befriends M and F, 291–92 his close relationship with M and F, 352, 362, 389, 406, 464, 480, 584, 596, 658, 668, 674, 683, 694, 701

described, 291 as editor of the New Yorker, 546, 557, 584, 586 as M’s faithful editor, 335, 377–78, 392, 422, 439, 470, 484, 506, 544–47, 561, 698 Gould, Glenn, 314, 317 Governor General’s Awards, 290, 368, 402, 439, 449, 492, 556, 567, 616, 622, 636 Gowdy, Barbara, 667 G.P. Putnam’s & Sons (publishers), 165, 176, 190, 230 GQ (Gentleman’s Quarterly magazine), 508–9, 520, 541, 562, 586, 591, 605, 610, 680, 698 Grafstein, Bernice. See Weintraub, Bernice Graham, Gwethalyn, 85–86 Grand, Elaine, 216, 218, 236, 279, 301 Grant, George, 315 The Grass is Singing (novel), 221

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The Great Victorian Collection (novel), 438–39, 449 Green, Henry, 691 Green, Peter, 200 Greenberg, Ben, 34, 376–77, 629 Greenberg, Hank, 46 Greenberg, Murray, 75, 81, 93 Greene, Graham, 174, 209, 211, 279, 472, 597, 607 Greene, Lorne, 47, 59, 237 Greenfeld, Josh, 291, 447 Gretzky, Wayne, 520–22, 648 Gross, John, 397 Grossinger’s (resort), 338, 504 Groulx, Abbé Lionel, 505 Grove Press, 653 Grumpy’s (Montreal bar), 559–60, 596, 629 Guggenheim, Peggy, 115 Guggenheim literary awards/grants, 250, 257, 276, 283, 305 A Guide for the Perplexed (book), 142–43 Gulkin, Harry, 433, 465 Gursky, Dave, 94 Gzowski, Peter, 219, 271–72, 287, 317, 348, 362, 366, 428, 451, 488, 558, 594, 636, 658, 698, 701

Habonim (socialist Zionist youth group), 75, 80–84, 87, 90, 93, 100, 104, 284, 286, 586–87, 589, 592

Hall, Peter, 349, 362 Halprin, Izzy, 91 Halton, Matthew, 50, 59, 65 Hammond, Arthur, 206–7 Hananda (Buddhist nun), 390, 405 Hannon, Leslie, 248 Harlow, Jean, 29 Harper’s (magazine), 123, 139, 155, 446 Harrison, John, 138 Harrods, 617 “The Harsh Wonderland That Was St. Lawrence Main” (M’s early memoir), 264 Hartwell, Martin, 445–46, 449, 462, 519, 545 Harvard University, 305, 474–75, 505, 527 Hashomer Hatzair (The Young Guard), 81, 83, 587 Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust (book), 568, 654 “Helen,” M’s girlfriend in Spain, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134–35, 137, 140–41, 225, 469 Heller, Joseph, 288, 336, 406, 487, 507–8, 634 Hemingway, Ernest, 85, 104–5, 109, 113, 121, 152–53, 273 Hendry, Stephen, 664 Henty, G.A., 73 Herald Tribune (newspaper), 137, 237, 600 Herzl, Theodor, 81, 100

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Herzog (novel), 305, 327–28, 337, 628 Heston, Charlton, 277 Hewitt, Foster, 416 Hicks, Granville, 257 Hill, Judy, 445 Hirsh, David Julian, 662, 701 Hiss, Alger, 136 Hitler, Adolf, 44, 49, 60, 65, 72, 76, 303, 581, 650 hockey. See named players and Montreal Habs Hodgson, Stuart, 431 Hoffenberg, Mason, 115, 136, 138, 145, 215, 223, 355–56, 472, 561, 623 Hoffman, Dustin, 515, 576, 700 Holden, Richard, 529, 559, 572, 594, 701 Holiday (magazine), 311, 313–15, 317, 368 the Holocaust, 50, 76, 83, 90, 102, 204, 225, 286, 334, 475, 481, 540, 568, 582, 654 “Home is Where Your Heart Aches” (M’s article), 264 Home Sweet Home (M’s Canadian essays), 511, 522–23 Horne, Nigel (M’s son-‐in-‐law), 490, 557, 563, 566, 614, 619, 627, 645, 683 Horn’s (Montreal cafeteria), 36, 57–58 Hot Enough for June (film), 301 Houde, Mayor Camillien, 37, 45, 50, 91 House of Virago. See Virago Howe, Irving, 249 Howe, Gordie, 492 How Jacob Two-Two Saved the Stanley Cup for Montreal (M’s planned book), 651 Hudson’s Bay Overproof Rum, 431 Humber School of Writing, 655 Hunting Tigers Under Glass (M’s essay collection), 351, 369, 562, 648 Hurt, John, 296 Hurtig, Mel, 375–76, 409, 431–32, 448, 495, 513, 521, 531 Hurtubise, Claude, 408 Huston, John, 281 “I Ate Nurse Judy” (M’s planned book), 445, 462 Idelson, Sonny, 284, 324, 360, 587, 601 Ignatieff, Michael, 624 the “Impure Wool Society” (M’s creation), 621 The Incomparable Atuk (M’s novel), 336, 349–50, 478, 561 accepted by Robert Gottlieb, 291, 300 described, 307–8, 328 preliminary drafts of, 271, 282, 285 reviews of, 307 The Innocents (film), 295 “Inside/Outside” (M’s New Yorker article), reactions to, 568–74, 580 The Investigator (radio satire of McCarthyism), 203–4 Irgun Zvai Leumi (terrorist group), 82 Irving, John, 480, 597

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Ishiguro, Kazuo, 546, 597 Israel, 81, 88, 194, 399, 409, 583, 592, 600 the creation of, 90, 93, 100, 204–5 M’s trips to, 195, 282, 284–88, 585–90 at war with Egypt, 208–9, 343 It’s Harder to Be Anybody (M’s proposed book), 258, 269 “It’s Harder to Be Anybody” (M’s story), 274, 281–82, 318, 333, 335–36 It’s Hard to be a Jew (stage play), 102, 334–35 ITV (UK media company), 191 Jackson, A.Y., 68 Jacobson, Dan, 394 Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur (M’s children’s book), 525, 527–28, 579 Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (M’s children’s book). See also How Jacob Two-‐Two Saved…; 399–402, 412, 420–22, 433, 449, 451, 459, 465, 501, 511, 516–17, 525, 565, 579, 645

Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case (M’s book), 607, 614–15 Jagger, Mick, 355 James, Henry, 217, 337 Jarry Park (Montreal baseball), 371, 416, 435 Jeanne Mance St., Montreal, 14–15, 20–21, 25, 27, 30, 35, 57, 71, 75, 90, 104, 238, 414 “A Jew in Germany” (M’s article), 481 Jewish bad boys, M’s celebrations of, 413 Jewish Chronicle (weekly), 9, 11, 76, 618 Jewish immigrants, discrimination against, 36–37, 50, 52, 58, 99 Jewish persecution, historical. See also the Holocaust; 11–12, 22, 34, 44, 50–52, 59, 68–69, 73, 184, 204–5, 335

Jewish writing and writers, 204–5 Jewison, Norman, 353, 391, 407, 427, 645 Johnson, Daniel, 361 Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 330, 374, 634, 658 Johnson, Paul, 583 Johnston, Don, 491, 594, 605–6, 620, 645 his last visit with M, 688–89 Johnston, Heather, 605, 620, 645 Jonas, George, 427–28, 480 Jonathan Cape Publishers, 148, 152, 386 Josephus (First century Jewish historian), 679, 681 Joshua Then and Now (M’s novel), 438, 490, 508, 524, 562, 609, 621 described, 482–84, 493 difficult filming of, 515–16, 645 early responses to, 487–88, 492–93 film version of released, 520 M’s film and radio scripts for, 494, 501, 504, 513 work begun on, 478–80, 509, 519 The Joy Luck Club (novel), 619 Joyce, James, 113

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Judith Hearne (novel), 181, 199, 221 Jutra, Claude, 433, 500 Kafka, Franz, 152, 335–36, 654, 658 Kahane, Jackie, 94, 109, 670–71 Kahn, Otto, 78 Kaplansky, Mervyn, 500 Kapuscinski, Ryszard, 686 Karsh, Yousuf, 267 Kattan, Naïm, 324, 342, 370, 408, 616 Katz, Frances, 68 Katz, Stephen, 501 Kay, Sylvia, 283 Kazin, Alfred, 250, 257, 307, 314, 340 Kennedy, Bobby, 354 Kennedy, Jacqueline, 339 Kent, David, 636 The Kenyon Review, 281 Kertes, Joe, 655 Kestler, Arthur, 84 Khouri, Nadia, 616 Khrushchev, Nikita, 209 Kicking Tomorrow (Daniel’s novel), 545, 592 Kilroy, Tom, 392 Kindler Verlag (publishers), 183, 252 King, Martin Luther, 354 King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 50–51, 154, 479, 621 King George VI, 37–38, 49 Kipling, Rudyard, 73 Kitman, Herman “Kermit,” 74–75, 339 Klein, A.M., 58, 67, 76, 85–86, 139, 201, 267, 543, 632 Klein, Sharon, 635–36, 647 Knopf (the US publishing house). See Alfred A. Knopf Knopf, Alfred, 158, 392 Knopf, Blanche, 158, 161, 392 Knopf Canada (publishing house), 596–98, 603, 607, 609, 626, 630, 635, 648, 653, 663–64, 669–70, 672, 677, 686, 689, 699

Koenig, Rhoda, 561 Kogan, Ephraim, 244 Kogawa, Joy, 568 Kolber, Leo, 364–65, 390–91, 471, 480–81, 539, 578 angry about M’s indiscretions, 423, 427, 548 Kolber, Sandra, 364–65, 471 Kotcheff, Ted, 252, 263, 278, 280, 289, 297, 322, 324, 341, 353, 403–4, 406, 428–30, 444, 447–48, 452, 515–16, 520, 566, 667 employs M for script writing, 222–23, 276, 301, 313, 330 his increasing successes in the UK, 238–39, 295, 306, 432

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married, 283, 506 as M’s confidant and family, 217, 224–25, 229, 236–38, 243–44, 247, 259–60, 301–2, 427, 456, 465, 501, 512, 645, 652, 658, 662, 670, 675, 690, 694, 701

M’s reliance on as a companion for F, 240, 260, 271, 292 Koufax, Sandy, 339 Kramer, Reinhold, 686, 701 Kramer, Stanley, 391 Kravitz, Fayge, 82 Kravitz, Gitel, 82 Krik, Benya, 334 Kruger, Earl, 75, 83, 284 Kubrick, Stanley, 293 Kureishi, Hanif, 600 Lach, Elmer, 46 Lake Memphremagog, 437–38, 464, 466, 468, 482–83, 504, 515, 525, 535, 552 La Mamounia Hotel, 518, 520 Lamb, Sidney, 138 Lambert, Verity, 239, 243 Lamming, George, 166, 170,173,179, 182, 191, 202, 304, 476–77 Lamming, Nina, 173, 182, 476 Lanctôt, Michelle, 432 Landau, Magda, 347–48 Landry, Bernard, 577, 595 Lansky, Meyer, 576 Lantos, Robert, 494, 501, 515–16, 520, 645, 652, 662, 700 Laporte, Pierre, 379–80, 505 La Réponse de la race (book), 52 Lasky, Melvin, 329 The Last Analysis (play), 327 The Last Honest Man (memoir about M), 701 Laurence, Margaret, 304–5, 436, 443, 449, 488, 504, 556 Laurendeau, André, 616 Laurin, Camille, 462 La Vraie Nature de Bernadette (film), 433 Lawrence, D.H., 113, 142 Lawrence, Sam, 249–50, 285, 291 Lawson, Guy, 616 Layton, Irving, 58, 85, 201, 267, 314–15, 324, 371, 387, 480 Lazure, Gabrielle, 515–16 Leacock, Stephen, 106, 271, 508, 646 Leary, Timothy, 413 Lebowitz, Fran, 508 le Carré, John, 325 Le Devoir (newspaper), 34, 52, 504, 571, 573, 580–81, 584, 594 Lee, Dennis, 516 Lefolii, Ken, 219, 271, 287, 297, 329–30

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Léger, Jules, 394–95 Lemarque, Francis, 119 Le Mas des Oliviers (restaurant), 482, 630, 648 Lemmon, Jack, 349 Lepage, Robert, 633 Lessing, Doris, 191, 195, 221, 228, 291, 392, 394, 398, 469, 568, 654 early impressions of M by, 206 Lester, Malcolm, 597 Lester & Orpen Dennys (publishers), 597 Let Us Compare Mythologies (book), 267 Levene, Benjamin Franklin, 303–4, 374, 577–78 Lévesque, René, 317–18, 379, 381, 433–34, 461, 474–76, 491–92, 505, 523, 529, 581, 620 death of, 530 Levi, Primo, 568 Levine, Michael, 524, 548, 599, 621, 625, 645, 656, 658, 662, 669–70, 672, 694, 701 Levine, Norman, 201, 204, 255–56, 305, 307, 332–33, 336, 370, 480 described, 332–33 Lewis, C.S., 613 Lewis, David, 58, 67, 287, 317 Lewis, Norman, 568 Lewis, Richard, 700 Lieber, Jack, 106, 151 Lieber, Jerry, 502, 513–14 Liebling, A.J., 288 Lies My Father Told Me (film), 433 Lies of Silence (novel), 564 Life (magazine), 380–82, 402–3, 408, 413 “The Life and Times of Detective Inspector Ben Greenberg” (M’s article), 377 Life at the Top (novel), 295–96 Life at the Top (screenplay), 310, 323, 330–31 Lifshitz, Ezra, 81, 586, 589, 602 Lisée, Jean-‐François, 581 Lish, Gordon, 510 the Listener (magazine), 600 Literary Review (magazine), 600 Littlewood, Joan, 301 Logue, Christopher, 115 London, England, post-‐war, 190–93 London Fields (novel), 600 “London Then and Now” (M’s article), 610 Look Back in Anger (stage play), 213 The Looking Glass War (novel, film script), 325, 329, 331, 333, 338, 342 Lord, Sterling, 253 Loren, Sophia, 320 Losers (M’s proposed novel), work begun on, 166, 174–75 Loving (book), 691 The Luck of Ginger Coffey (novel and film), 272, 290, 310, 320

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Lucky Jim (novel), 221 Ludwig, Jack, 305, 307, 363, 370 Luengo, Anna, 657 Lynch-‐Staunton, John, 491, 594, 658, 665 Lyons, Nick, 662–63, 665, 671–72 Lyons, Tony, 662–63, 669–70, 672 Lyons Press (publishers), 622, 685 Macdonald, Brian, 502, 513–14 Macdonald, Dwight, 249 Macdonald, Florrie, 159 MacGillivray, Margo, 620 Machin, David, 321 “Mack the Knife,” 401 MacLachlan, Sarah, 667, 685 MacLaine, Shirley, 562 Maclaren-‐Ross, Julian, 174, 179 Maclean, Alan, 506 Maclean’s (magazine), 141, 219, 230, 248–49, 262–63, 266, 270, 272, 275, 279, 284, 287, 302, 311, 315, 317, 329, 514, 583, 600

MacLennan, Hugh, 85–86, 105, 140, 149, 201, 257, 274, 439, 488 Macmillan (publishers), 206, 445, 487, 506, 511 MacNeice, Louis, 174, 179 MacNeil, Robert, 667 “Macpherson’s Cloud” (M’s story), 156–57, 164 Madison, Justice Hank, 472 Magid, Mr. (Talmud Torah principal), 39–40 Mailer, Norman, 105, 114, 144, 148, 158, 178, 194, 220–21, 281, 288, 295, 314, 326–27, 358 Maimonides, Moses, 125, 137, 142, 204, 576, 600, 658, 679 The Main (Montreal thoroughfare). See St. Lawrence Blvd., Montreal Major, John, 588 “Making it with the Chicks” (M’s article), 271 Malamud, 287, 681 Malraux, Andre, 85, 105, 109, 113–14, 117 “The Man behind the Mania” (M’s article on Trudeau), 665–66 The Manchester Guardian (newspaper), 311, 349, 583, 600, 617 Man Descending (novel), 567 Manguel, Alberto, 556, 597, 616, 634, 643 Manicom, David, 622 Mann, Florence. See primarily Richler, Florence; 150, 187–88, 207, 214, 217, 236, 241–42, 246, 252, 629, 642

as an actress, 239 childhood of, 226–28, 400–401, 481 her desire for a large family with M., 229 early impressions of Cathy Boudreau by, 208 early impressions of M by, 187–88, 205 her growing respect for and trust of M, 225

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learns of M’s attraction to her, 209 her love of reading, 228 Mann, Stanley, 102, 150, 187–88, 194, 205, 209, 214, 224, 228–29, 243, 477 “Manny Moves to Westmount” (M’s excerpt), 470–71, 539 “Maple Leaf Culture Time” (M’s article), 358, 413 Marchand, Philip, 615 Marcuse, Herbert, 380 Marianopolis College (Montreal CEGEP), 418, 472 Marrakech, 518, 520, 642 Martel, Yann, 597, 621–22, 721 Martin, Kingsley, 212 Martin, Patrick, 588, 590 Martin, Sandra, 488 Marx, Groucho, vii, 403, 507 Maschler, Tom, 386 Matthiessen, Peter, 114–15, 288 Mayer, Ian, 434, 543, 631 McCall, Bruce, 508 McCall, Monica, 258, 279, 291, 385, 392, 397, 413, 518, 596 McCarthy, Joseph, and “McCarthyism,” 103, 114, 136, 203, 212, 214, 325 McClelland, Jack, 269–73, 277, 285, 294, 304, 308, 315, 320, 329, 333, 335–36, 338, 369, 377, 402, 425, 451, 463, 465–66, 468, 471, 481, 545, 596

his friendship with M, 270, 335–36, 371–72, 386, 402–3, 407, 425, 456, 475, 523, 567 leaves publishing, 524, 567 McClelland and Stewart (“M&S,” publishers), 264, 269–70, 293, 390, 392, 412 –13, 422, 445, 451, 468, 471, 475, 480, 487, 507, 511, 524–25, 545, 567, 605, 651

McCletchie, Mr. (English teacher), 68, 88–89, 104 McDougall, Rob, 417 McEwan, Ian, 597 McEwan, Terry, 116, 134–35, 150, 156, 182 McGahern, John, 564 McGill University, 56, 67, 81, 90, 93–94, 101–3,106, 108, 135, 137, 147, 154, 193, 316, 363–64, 450, 472, 475, 481, 501, 509, 527, 589, 666, 681, 688–699, 701

McLuhan, Marshall, 370 McShane, Ian, 296 Meech Lake Constitutional Accord, 558, 586 Mehta, Sonny, 546, 568, 596–97 Mella, Giulia Arborio, 685–86 Ménard, Lieutenant-‐Colonel Dollard, 50 Mengele, Joseph, 374, 388 Men Without Eyes (stage play), 99 Mercer, David, 304 Metcalf, John, 370 Michaels, Anne, 655 Michaels, Lorne, 510 Michener, Roland, 369 Miller, Arthur, 212, 288

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Miller, Henry, 113, 136 Miller, Jonathan, 297, 326 Milton, John, 68, 192 Mishima, Yukio, 568 Mitchell, Kina, 106, 137 Mitchell, W.O., 427 Mo, Timothy, 546 Moishe’s (restaurant), 36, 372, 450, 587, 605, 630, 661 Molson, David, 97, 381 Monroe, Marilyn, 212, 288 Montgomery, Viscount (“Monty”), 60, 76, 326 Montreal. See particularly specific sites in (e.g. Grumpy’s; St. Lawrence Blvd.; etc.) 1967 world’s fair in, 338, 342–43, 347, 361 in 1931, 2–3 changing nature of, 268–69, 372, 378–79 its new attractiveness for M, 407–8 post-‐depression political spectrum in, 59 post-‐war changes in, 97–98 Montreal Expos (baseball team), 364, 371,376, 416, 435, 462, 605 The Montreal Gazette (newspaper), 33, 88, 119, 147, 267, 324, 372, 390, 402, 405, 428, 431, 462, 475, 479, 520–22, 559, 562, 570, 573–74, 580, 583, 621, 656, 698

M’s columns in, 625–26, 630, 646 Montreal Habs (hockey team), 27, 65, 74, 268, 371, 416, 492, 701 the Montreal Herald (newspaper), 33–34, 40, 71, 74, 77, 84, 88, 91–93, 103–4, 106, 108, 175, 492

Montreal Men’s Press Club, 146–47, 160, 267, 365, 434, 479, 482 Mon Uncle Antoine (film), 433 Moore, Brew, 146 Moore, Brian, 119, 126–27, 161, 168–70, 175–77, 180–82, 203, 208, 216, 257, 273, 288, 297, 392, 568, 614, 647, 667

becomes Emma’s godfather, 278, 290 his correspondence with M, 158–59, 194–96, 198–200, 214, 245–46, 251, 272, 286, 322, 333, 342, 351, 385–88, 393, 438–39, 444

his critique of Son of a Smaller Hero, 196–98 death of, 651–52 described, 147, 181, 241 his divorce problems, 342 his fading friendship with M, 439–40, 565, 647 leaves his wife suddenly, 322 nearly killed in a Laurentian lake, 154 remarries to Jean Russell, 323 his rivalries with M, 177, 199–200, 289–90, 438–40, 565 writings of, 201, 220, 370, 493, 564–65, 568 Moore, Dudley, 297 Moore, Jackie. See also Sirois, Jackie; Russell, Jackie; 147, 151, 166, 175, 181–82, 184–85, 194, 216, 241, 253, 322, 342, 370

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collaborates with Bill Weintraub, 342 her critique of Son of a Smaller Hero, 196–97 remarries to Franklin Russell, 323 Moore, Jean (formerly Russell), 354 Moore, Sean, 147, 260, 278, 342 Mordecai Richler (biography of M), 701–2 Morenz, Howie, 27, 308 Morrison, Toni, 480, 676 Morrow, Genevieve, 447 Morrow, Judge William, 445–47, 449 Morte D’Arthur (play), 565 Mortimer, John (QC), 243, 283, 295, 508 Mortimer, Penelope, 249, 257, 295, 304 Mosher, Terry. See also Aislin (cartoonist); 381, 412, 434, 529, 646 Moss, Peter, 516, 528, 701 Mostel, Zero, 354 Mount, Ferdinand, 619 Mount Royal (Montreal landmark), 8, 33, 36, 379, 414, 430, 450, 688, 696, 702 the Mount Royal Club, 490, 620 Mount Royal Hotel. See also Montreal Men’s Press Club; 146, 316, 434 Mount Royal St., 14–15, 17, 38, 102 Mowat, Farley, 413, 568 “Mr. MacPherson and the Boys of Room Forty-‐One” (M’s changing story/chapter), 164, 222 Muhammad Ali (boxer), 295, 609 Mulroney, Brian, 490–91, 528, 558, 564, 594–95, 605, 625, 646 Munro, Alice, 219, 427, 444, 493, 504, 596 Munro, Ross, 50 Murphy, Rex, 551 Murrow, Edward R., 50 Musgrave, Susan, 493 My Beautiful Laundrette (film), 600 “My Cousin, the Horseman” (M’s proposed play), 318–19 “My Father’s Life” (M’s eulogy to Moses), 502–4, 522, 621, 631 “My Life as a Racist” (M’s article), 592 Naipaul, V.S., 191, 351, 392, 397, 508 The Naked and the Dead (novel), 105, 178, 221 Narayan, R.K., 191 Narizzano, Bea, 216, 303, 373 Narizzano, Sylvio, 216, 303–4, 374, 577 Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 208, 343 The National Film Board of Canada, 202, 206, 377 the National Post (newspaper), 650, 654, 658, 661, 665, 669, 673, 684, 701 the National Resources Mobilization Act (Canada), 45 Nesbit, Lyn, 596, 670 The New Criterion, 635 The Newgate Calendar (book), 534, 576

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Newman, Peter C., 219, 317, 480–81, 524, 534–35, 547–48 Newman, Sydney, 204, 217, 222, 239 New Statesman (magazine), 105, 159, 179, 212, 222, 264, 270, 307, 311, 349, 358, 474 New Yorker (magazine), 105, 115, 117, 123, 128, 134, 137, 177, 288, 307, 397, 444, 508, 546, 557–58, 560, 568–71, 574, 580, 584–86, 590–93, 605, 626, 635, 663, 665, 670, 691–92, 699 the New York Review of Books (NYROB), 347–48, 523 The New York Times, 108, 204, 248, 308, 330, 422, 487, 504, 520, 522, 558, 561–62, 583, 625, 633, 698–99

Nichols, Mike, 349 Nick: A Montreal Life (Jake’s chapter in), 646 Nicolson, Nigel. See also Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 351 Nicolson, Sir Harold, 351 Night of Wenceslas (novel and film), 297, 301 No Love for Johnnie (M’s film script), 244, 249, 259, 280, 296 None Is Too Many (book), 597 Noorduyn Aircraft Co., 60 Notes on an Endangered Species (M’s book of articles), 413 Notre Dame de Grace, Montreal neighborhood (N.D.G), 97–98, 137 Notre Dame de Marie, 98 Nowlan, Alden, 480 Oblomov (novel), 301 O’Brien, Edna, 291, 321, 352–53, 392, 444, 619 O’Brien, Flann, 508 O’Brien, Tim, 239, 599 O’Connor, Flannery, 655 Offman, Jill (M’s daughter-‐in-‐law), 579, 646 “Oh! Canada! Lament for a divided country” (M’s article), 474–75 Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! (M’s book), 568–69 described, 579–80 reactions to, 580–84, 616 O’Hearn, Walter, 175 “Oh God! Oh Hollywood!” (M’s article), 447 Oh What A Lovely War (stage musical), 301 Oldie (magazine), 600, 682 Olivier, Laurence, 49, 301 Ondaatje, Michael, 659, 676 On Native Ground (novel), 250 On Snooker (M’s book) begun, 663–65 described, 675 published, 699–700 Orbaum, Sam, 590, 602, 686, 698 the Order of Canada, 488, 670 Orwell, George, 105, 175, 212, 568, 684 Osborne, John, 213, 623 Ostry, Bernard, 154, 348, 394, 416, 479, 566, 659, 665, 667, 685, 694

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Ostry, Sylvia, 154, 348, 394, 416, 419, 566, 659, 665, 685 The Other Paris (book), 216 Outremont, Montreal, 3, 15, 27, 33, 36–37, 39, 48, 70, 81, 227, 274, 348, 364, 380, 395, 406, 418, 483, 529, 560

The Outsider (novel), 213 Oxford University, 58, 472, 671 Ozick, Cynthia, 510 Page, P.K., 85, 201 “Paid in Full” (early screenplay M worked on), 222–23 Pakula, Alan J., 391, 402–3, 406 Palestine, politics surrounding, 38, 46, 75, 81–82, 90–91, 100, 590 Palmer, Al, 92 Paris, M’s post-‐war, 113–20, 123, 126, 133–41, 144, 147, 149–50, 178, 182–83, 196, 211, 223, 251–52, 356 Paris Review (magazine), 114, 288, 339 Parizeau, Jacques, 476, 529, 604, 616, 620–22 Park Avenue, Montreal, 57, 66, 69, 80, 103 Parker, Charlie, 146 Partisan Review (journal), 105, 250, 329 Patterson, Neil, 223–24 Pearl Harbor, 47 Pearson, Geoff, 141 Pearson, Landon, 141 Pearson, Lester B., 168, 209, 380, 480 Peck, Gregory, 320 “Peddler’s Diary” (M’s article), 635 Pelletier, Francine, 594 Penfield, Wilder, 438 Perelman, S.J., 576 Perlman, Mendy, 91 Peterson, Oscar, 92 Phillips, Trevor, 107–8 Pinter, Harold, 406 Pitt, David, 182 Place des Arts (Montreal), 374, 432–33 Playboy (magazine), 303, 397, 439, 562, 576 Plimpton, George, 114–15, 339–40 Plummer, Christopher, 228, 353, 659 Podhoretz, Norman, 249, 329, 339–40 Pope Paul VI, 354 Porter, Mackenzie, 219 Portnoy’s Complaint (novel), 354, 508 Possession (novel), 564–65 Poulin, Madeleine, 573 Pound, Ezra, 113, 140, 153, 684 Price, Lonny, 513

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Price, Stanley, 322 Priestley, J.B., 50 the “Prix Parizeau” (M’s creation), 621 Prochain Episode (novel), 369 Prose, Francine, 510, 561 Protocols of the Elders of Zion, 22, 73, 204, 357 Protter, Eric, 133, 135 The Pumpkin Eater (novel and film), 249, 295, 354 Punch (magazine), 311 Purdy, Al, 395, 657 Putnam’s & Sons (publishers). See G.P. Putnam’s & Sons Q for Quest (TV show), featuring M, 274–76 Quaid, Randy, 432 Quarrington, Paul, 556 Quebec the October Crisis in, 379–82 separatist violence in, 316 “Quebec Oui, Ottawa non!” (M’s article), 317–18 Queen Elizabeth (consort to King George VI), 37–38 Queen Elizabeth II, 564 the Queen’s “second-‐floor maid,” 358, 369 Queen’s University, 56 The Quest for Corvo (book), 534–35 Rabin, Yitzhak, 587 Rabinovitch, Jack, 69, 75, 90–91, 434–35, 437, 529, 566, 576–77, 584, 593, 596, 606, 636–37, 657–59, 664, 666–67, 670, 672, 685, 694, 699 the Rachel Pool Hall, 70, 90 Rahv, Philip, 249, 329 Rakoff, Alvin, 204, 237, 353 Rambo: First Blood (film), 501 Raphael, Frederic, 283 Ravelstein (novel), 658 Read, Piers Paul, 445 Reagan, Patti, 562 Reagan, Ronald, 595 Reid, Kate, 239, 376 Reisman, Heather, 658 The Revolutionary Script (“non-‐fiction novel”), 393 la Révolution tranquille (Quebec), 268–69 Rhéaume, Gilles, 621 Richard, Maurice (“Rocket”), xiv, 46–47, 65, 74, 268, 317 Richardson, Miranda, 645 Richardson, Tony, 352–53 the Richelieu River, 53

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Richler, Avrum (“Voomy”) adolescence of, 49–50, 54 his attempts to advise M, 71 attends Queen’s University, 56 attends Université de Montreal in Optometry, 70, 77 calls M to report Lily’s death, 631 childhood of, 30–34 his correspondence with M, 494, 538 his devotions during his father’s illness, 278–79, 323, 342–43 distressed by his parent’s separation, 62 early childhood of, 13–16, 18–22 estranged from Lily, 376 estranged from M, 345, 376, 408–9 his final visit with M, 661 first marriage of, 107 his growing distance from all his family, 256 married to Eve, 618 meets M returning from abroad, 146 naming of, 1 opens his optometry practice, 97 reunited with M in St. John’s, 659–60 studious nature of, 40, 48 his summer work for Lily, 79 Richler, Benjy (M’s “religious” cousin), 600–602 Richler, Bernard (M’s uncle), 33, 70, 187, 266, 467, 687 Richler, Celia (M’s aunt), 686 Richler, Daniel, adolescence of, 418, 449, 473, 629 becomes a father, 646 birth of, 209 brought to Rome with M and F, 252 childhood of, 277, 325–26, 358, 361, 363–64, 405–6, 652, 654–55 early adulthood of, 481, 527 interviews M on air about Gursky, 561 moves back to London, 702 speaks at M’s funeral, 695 worried about M’s health, 688 writings of, 545, 592 Richler, David (“Duddy”; M’s youngest uncle), 5, 21, 674, 687 Richler, Dvorah (Avrum’s daughter), 495 Richler, Emma, 515 acting career of, 604, 611, 701 adolescence of, 473, 481 adulthood of, 625, 630, 654 birth of, 278 childhood of, 312, 326, 354, 358, 364, 403–5, 418–19, 420, 652 early adulthood of, 498–99, 527, 557, 565, 599

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her role as Shapiro in Jacob Two-Two, 421, 466 snooker and, 526 speaks at M’s funeral, 695-‐96 worried about M’s health, 668, 683–85, 692 writings of, 647, 668, 672–73, 702 Richler, Esther (née Drucker; M’s paternal grandmother), 21, 23, 42, 265, 467 Richler, Eve (Avrum’s wife), 618, 631, 659 Richler, Florence. See also Mann, Florence her attempts to improve M’s health, 341 begins copy editing for publishers, 422–23 buys house at the lake, 437–38 childhood of. See Mann, Florence and her children’s pets, 313 creates Hampstead apartment, 277 described, 239, 241–42, 283–84 is “discovered” theatrically, 239–40 discovers M’s last addendum to his will, 696–98 divorce from Stanley, 243–44 faces moving to Montreal again, 359–64, 406–7 finds a Chelsea winter home for herself and M, 593 gives Barney’s Version its title, 627 her gravestone for M, 702–3 inserted into M’s TV play, 239 joins M on trip to Spain, 466–67, 469 joins M on trip to Yellowknife, 446 joins M while in Montreal for Expo, 347 at Lake Memphremagog, 464 her last days with M, 690–93 Lily’s relationship with, 411 her love for M, 641–42 her love of Ovid, 641–42 her love of travel, 507 marries M in Montreal, 260 meets M’s family in Montreal, 265 plans to wed M, 252 posthumous acts on M’s behalf, 699–700 praised at M’s funeral, 695–96 primary editorial advisor to M, 229–30, 246–47, 351, 377, 422, 518–19, 524, 528, 543–44, 643–44 her surprise 70th birthday party, 657–59 her words borrowed by M, 312 Richler, Hertzi (Uncle David’s son), 674 Richler, Howard (M’s nephew), 674 Richler, Israel (M’s uncle), 21, 46, 83, 266 Richler, Jacob, adolescence of, 420, 473, 526–27, 700 adulthood of, 625–26, 630

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arrives in Montreal, 23–24 becomes a father, 646 birth of, 362 childhood of, 399, 405, 407, 451, 655 early adulthood of, 529, 541, 582, 594 his father’s illness and, 647 marriage of, 614 speaks at M’s funeral, 695–96 speaks at Nick Auf der Maur’s funeral, 646 worried about M’s health, 685, 689 writings of, 610–11, 650, 702 Richler, Jacob (Uncle “Joe”; brother of Shmarya), 5, 8, 21, 42, 70, 87, 109, 341, 401 Richler, Jill (Daniel’s wife). See Offman, Jill Richler, Jonathan (Avrum’s son), 495 Richler, Leah (“Lily”; M’s mother). See also Rosenberg, Leah her ambivalent relationship with Avrum, 410 her ambivalent relationship with M late in life, 409, 451–53, 494–95 her attempts to raise Orthodox sons, 9–10, 40 as an author, 26, 495–97 her battle with Alzheimer’s, 618 begins writing her memoirs, 411 ceases orthodox observances, 98 childhood of, 12 her complex ambivalences, 299–300 her correspondence with M, 169, 175–76, 254, 257, 300 death of, 631 described, 4, 254–56, 266 divorced, 63, 70 financial situation of, 4–5, 7–8, 15, 17–18, 27, 30, 40, 55, 77, 84, 94, 96–98, 147 gives M the funds to go abroad, 110 her hopes for M, 9 houses M on his European return, 147 interviewed in the Canadian Jewish News, 495–96 Jewish traditions observed by, 6–7 her love for her father, 1–2, 6 her marriage arranged, 5–6 medical needs of, 77 M’s long 1976 reply to, 454–60 M’s public settling of accounts with, 502–3 orthodox parenting style of, 13–16, 27 personality of, 40–41, 176, 675 her pride in M, 386 her role as family stalwart, 62 her role as shammas, 2, 16, 18, 25–27 her surprise visits to Edgehill Rd., 420 as a self-‐employed hospitality worker, 79 sends M care packages, 175–76

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upwardly mobile hopes of, 67–68, 84 Richler, Louis (“Cousin Louie”) 674 Richler, Louis (“Uncle Louis”), 137, 152, 455, 674 Richler, Martha, adolescence of, 465, 482 adulthood of, 626, 643–44, 654 birth of, 302, 321 as a cartoonist, 610 childhood of, 312, 326, 358, 364, 403–5, 418–19 drawings by, 702 early adulthood of, 527, 567 marriage of, 586, 614, 627 speaks at M’s funeral, 695 worried about M’s health, 683, 687–89 writings of, 610–11, 702 Richler, Max (M’s grandson), 657 Richler, Max (M’s uncle), 46, 83, 109, 219, 261, 266, 278, 312, 337, 342–45, 361, 525, 674, 686–87, 694–96

Richler, Meyer (M’s nephew), 687 Richler, Mirel (wife of Uncle Joe), 21, 23 Richler, Mordecai (“Mutty,” “Muttle,” “Mordy,” “Mort”) See general topic divisions in bold below, and various specific topics elsewhere, e.g. The Acrobats (M’s early novel); Baron Byng High School; the Giller Prize; etc.

Financial status and behaviours of applies for a Guggenheim, 257 buys country house at the lake, 437–38 employed at CBC radio in Montreal, 150 employed by Ted Kotcheff in London, 222–23 financial behaviour of, 196, 237–38, 240, 273, 294, 300, 310–11, 320, 374, 414, 438, 439, 441, 446, 452, 511, 525, 598, 605, 625, 632, 659, 663, 669–70, 672

financial situation of, 124, 126, 129, 137, 140–41, 147, 163, 165–66, 169, 172, 175–77, 181, 215, 219–20, 224, 230, 244, 259–60, 263, 272, 276–77, 295–96, 300–301, 310,

333, 337–39, 351–52, 391, 394, 402–3, 419, 425–26, 440, 557 improving financial situation of, 191, 193–94 let go by the Book-‐of-‐the-‐Month Club, 541 sells some archives to the U. of Calgary, 439 Life and Times and Environments of accused of defamation in London court, 577–78 accused of Quebec bashing, 504–5 his address to Jewish students at Niagara Falls, vii–xi adolescence of, 56–57, 59–95 arrives in England, 158 arrives in Ibiza and Spain, 121–30 arrives in Montreal with F, 257 attends Baron Byng reunion, 435 attends Cannes for Life magazine, 402–4 awarded honorary doctorates, 652, 666

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bar mitzvah of, 61 becomes a grandfather, 646 becomes godfather to Daniel Mann, 209 birth of, 4, 9 his 25th birthday party described, 203 bris of, 1, 9 cameo appearance of in Hooded Fang film, 645 Canadian culture and, 531–32 childhood of, 30–36, 38, 42, 46–55 created a Companion of the Order of Canada, 670 criticized for allowing advertising in his work, 632–33 his days in New York City, 508–11 declared “Canadian of the Year,” 646 as a Distinguished Visitor at Trinity College (Toronto), 655–59 early childhood of, 13–16, 18–21, 25, 50–51 early Laurentian summers of, 77–79, 82, 108–9 his early love of comic books, 43–45 his early love of sports, 46–48, 64–65, 73–75, 91 enrolls in Sir George Williams college, 94, 96 eulogies to, 653, 666–67 feted at Toronto’s Harbourfront, 667 in the film Canadians Abroad, 202 his first arrival in Paris, 116–20 his first trip to Israel, 284–87 his first visits to New York City, 98–100 the funeral of, 694–98 his Guggenheim summer in New York, 288–91 harassed by Benjamin Levene, 577–78 holidays with F in Cornwall, 332–33 interviewed in London by Montreal students, 402 as juror for Governor General’s awards, 449 his last few days of life, 690–93 learns to drive in the UK, 244 leaves Montreal for England a second time, 157 his life in England as Acrobats is published, 173–76 meets Queen Elizabeth with F, 564 moves to Tourettes, 132 naming of, 2, 9 nearly moves to Toronto from London, 297 nominated for an Academy Award, 446–47 his office at the lake described, 539 orthodox upbringing of, 27, 48–50 his Paris trips with F, 251 persuades Bill Weintraub to join him in Ibiza, 126–28 plans his first European trip, 107–10 plans to return to live in Montreal, 252–53 prepares for his permanent return to Canada, 406–7

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his reputation diminished in Quebec, 616 his reputation late in life, 649–50 returns to Ibiza with F, 467–68 returns to Israel with F, 586, 588–91 returns to Italy with F, 675–76 returns to London with his young family, 273–74, 373 returns to Montreal at Sir George Williams, 359 returns to Montreal for Expo, 347 returns to Montreal to report on the October Crisis, 380–82 his Second World War, 47–54, 60, 72, 75–76 seen as a Conservative Party “poster boy,” 531–32 settles back in to a home in Montreal, 412 social standing of after returning to Montreal, 415, 491 speaks of Judaism at Montreal synagogues, 261–63 summers again in Tourrettes, 214 summers in Roquebrune, 224–25, 229 threatened while in hospital, 647 travels down-‐under for a Commonwealth prize, 564 travels the Nile with F, 591 travels to Africa with F, 506 travels to Casablanca, 520 travels to Scotland for salmon fishing, 541 travels to Spain for Jack McClelland, 466–67 tributes to after his funeral, 698–99, 701 under police suspicion of spying in Ibiza, 129–30 visits New York with F, 257 wins a Governor General’s Award, 368–69, 402 wins a Guggenheim fellowship, 276–77 wins the Giller prize, 636–37 Personality and Psychology of allegiances with life’s underdogs, 298 ambivalence of over Quebec violence, 317 ambivalences about being Jewish, 334–35, 358 angry at the hypocrisy of those he dealt with, 64, 70–71 appeal to older women, 190 artistic skills of, 39, 56, 72, 89, 153–54 attraction to America, 250–51, 274 boldness of, 27, 39, 107 boosts Canadiana in New York, 510–11 budding internationalism of, 85 care to avoid legal actions, 535 as collector of memorabilia, 324 concerned he may have nothing more to say, 500 considers a permanent return to Canada, 392–95 contradictory natures of, 404 cultural nationalism questioned by, vii denounces the Meech Lake Accord, 558

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described, xi, xiii, 19, 27, 131–32, 176, 178, 181, 225–26, 239, 241–42, 261, 410, 421, 423–24, 441, 463–65, 488–91, 650 developing persona of, 80 dislike of materialism, 262 dislike of “modish foolery,” 355 dislike of nationalism, vii, 315–16 dislike of racial labels, 326 does not “do” apologies, 401, 423–24, 505 early anxiety of in the presence of girls, 69 energy and hustle of, 101, 148–49, 190, 246, 274–76 feelings about being Canadian, 274, 523 feelings about Quebec separatism, 369, 557–60 feelings about the Oh Canada! legacy, 585 fierce loyalties of, 176–77, 272, 324, 353, 386, 456, 566–67, 599, 625–26, 630 his fit with UK post-‐war literary style, 192 gardening and, 311–12 garrulous nature of, 107 guilt over not being in Montreal for his father, 278–79, 337–38 guilt over not seeing his father, 256 importance of children to, 642–44 increasing sophistication of, 105 intelligence of, 142–43 interest in comic book heroes, 340 Jewish traditions in his own home with F, 312 knack for knowing the right people, 101, 106 law-‐breaker rebelliousness of, 57, 69 libel risks taken by, 285 limited foreign language abilities of, 405 long-‐term grudges held by, 71, 505 love of arguments, 88–89, 101–2 love of sports, 268, 294 as a master tease and provocateur, 169, 230, 419 as the modern “Swift the Dean,” 350 the moral courage of, 184, 205–6, 263, 336, 351 as a mouthy pisk, 27, 39, 64 need to write, 310–11, 395–96 parenting style of, 325–26, 421, 450–51, 472–73 perceived as a bully, 89 perceptiveness of, 330 his personal freedom and independence insisted upon, 102, 169, 176, 274–76 political interests of, 490–91, 531 politics of, 650 pride at providing for family, 310–11, 441, 669–70 pugnacity of, 42, 69, 102, 169, 199–200, 205, 214, 314–15, 366–68, 395–96, 448, 481, 488 reflection on greatness, 684 sarcasm of, 205–6, 230

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self-‐analysis of, 152–53 self-‐described, 503–4 a self-‐described “day in the life” of, 479–80 self-‐publicist, 404, 430–31 sensitivity of, 190 speaks of his Jewish roots on camera, 274 speaks of his Jewish roots to Lily, 455, 458 stubbornness of, 668 a student of pool and snooker. See also On Snooker; 35, 69–70, 91, 294, 375, 434, 444, 525–27, 664–65, 675 teaching style of, 362–63, 416–18, 655 travel ambivalences of, 446 turns his back on his childhood religion, 60–61, 125 upset with Quebec’s rising intolerance, 529–30, 568, 579–84, 633 use of others for subject matter, 240, 281 the values he most admired in people, xi his views about advanced educational degrees, 527 his views about “Psychobilge,” 660–61, 673 his views concerning Quebec separatism, 461–62, 474–76 his views on Israeli politics, 587 vigilance of for muted anti-‐Semitism, 505, 560, 571, 573–75, 580 wit and humour of, 100, 103–4, 213, 230, 246, 339–40, 422, 481, 497–99, 550, 559, 611–12, 621–22, 636, 649 Zionist sympathies of. See primarily Habonim; Zionism; 90, 100, 143 Personal Relationships of his affair with “Helen” on Ibiza, 127 affected by Cathy’s miscarriage, 207 his ambivalent relationships with Lily, 254–55, 409–11, 451–53, 495 his arms-‐length relationship with Lily in Montreal, 420, 442–43 as Avrum’s best man, 107 begins extra-‐marital relationship, 207 celebrates his growing family, 614–15 his changing correspondence with Evelyn Sacks, 181 his conflicts with Cathy, 207, 216–17 his conflicts with his mother, 40–41 considers marriage to Helen, 132 his debts (non-‐monetary) to his father, 297 dedicates his first novel to Lily, 176 his dedication to his five children, 372 his deepening appreciation for his father, 298–99, 337 his deep trust in his closest friends, 292, 341 defends himself to Avrum re. Lily, 494 his desire for children, 241 disappoints his favourite uncles, 266–67 his dislike of Irving Layton, 314–15 his divorce from Cathy arranged, 242–43 early social standing of, 39–40

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his emptied nest, 481 encounters Cathy Boudreau in Vancouver, 604–5 his eroded friendship with Brian Moore, 565 estranged from Avrum, 345, 618–19 estranged from grandfather Shmarya, 57, 87 estranged from his father, 63 his family now dispersed, 530 his 1976 feelings about his two parents, 454–55 first meets Brian Moore, 147 first meets Ted Allan, 149 his first romantic involvement with Evelyn, 77–78 his friendship with Jack McClelland, 270 his friends in high school, 75 his growing distance from Avrum, 256, 266 his growing interest in girls, 48, 69, 71–72 his growing interest in young women, 82–84, 94–95 his growing interest in F, 217 his improved relationship with his father, 266 his increasing respect for his father, 125, 143 informs F of his decision to move back to Canada, 398 is joined by “Ulla” in Paris, 134–35 his lasting attachment to his father, 469 his last visit with Avrum, 661 learns of F’s attraction to him, 209 his lifelong devotion to F, 636–37, 641–43 the long letter of 1976 to his mother, 454–60 his lost regard for his mother, 147–48 marries Cathy, 181–82, 185–88 marries F in Montreal, 260 Mavis Gallant’s influence on, 128 meets and befriends Robert Gottlieb, 291 meets F for the first time, 186 meets Jori Smith, 131 meets Ted Kocheff, 217 mentored by Joyce Weiner, 155–56 his misperceptions about Avrum, 342–43 pans Norman Mailer, 326–27 perceived cruelties by, 57–58 plans to wed F, 252 profoundly affected by his parent’s breakup, 63 proposes to F, 240 his protective devotion to F, 265–66 his reaction to Lily’s death, 631 reconciled with his father, 79–80 his reliance on F, 489 relieved at Martha’s safe birth, 321 remembers Noah’s childhood, 592

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his renewed closeness with Avrum, 70 reunited with Avrum in St. John’s, 659–60 rivalrous writer friendships of, 177, 183, 289–90 severs business with Joyce Weiner, 320–21 sits shiva for Moses, 344 socially shunned after Lily’s divorce, 63–64 takes Cathy Boudreau as his lover, 151, 154 tells Avrum of Lily’s affair, 660 unnerving travels of in Germany with Cathy, 183–85 visits F alone periodically, 224–25 visits his ill father in Montreal, 342 visits Lily while at Expo, 347 his wish for a large and happy family, 206, 208 as a Writer adapts The Fall of Mendel Krick, 305 his assessment of his first two novels, 219–20 begins writing Back to Ibiza, 469 begins writing The Edge of Time, 139 budding writing skills of, 56, 89–90, 95 his characterization of women in his writings, 561–62 his correspondence with close friends. See specific correspondents his difficulties writing Gursky, 538 drafts his “Shalinsky” novel, 253, 333–34 film work of, 295–96 his first attempts to write fiction, 72–73 his growing literary interests, 104, 142, 175 impresses literary agent Joyce Weiner, 144–45 his intention to be a “real” writer, 105, 108–10, 123, 152–53, 194–95, 244, 250 his introduction for the Old Testament Book of Job, 654 journalistic work of, 264–65, 290, 311, 313–18, 323–24, 339–40, 440–42, 605, 648 his links to Knopf Canada, 596–98 his own voice appearing in his novels, 328 publishes “Shades of Darkness,” 117 publishes The Acrobats, 151–52 replies to the critics of “Inside/Outside,” 573–76 his roast of Brian Mulroney, 594–96 screenwriting work of, 331 scriptwriting by, 209–10 his “Shalinsky” novel rejected, 258 as a TV journalist, 330 work begun on his mysterious 11th novel, 678–682 work load accepted by, 282–83 works on film-‐script for Cocksure, 349 writerly fatigue in, 284 writes about a “Jewy Thundercloud,” 483 writes a “London Letter” for The Montrealer, 211–12 writes about Gretzky for the New York Times, 520–22

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writes about James Bond, 356–58 writes about Moses (and Lily) for Esquire, 502–4 writes for The Georgian at Sir George Williams, 100–103 writes for The Montreal Herald, 103 writes his eulogy to Brian Moore, 651–52 his writing criticized to some effect, 133, 137, 198 writing discipline of, 123–24, 133–34 his writing of Duddy Kravtiz, 236–37, 247 his writing submitted to publishers, 133, 193, 282, 339, 440–42, 468, 605, 648 writing The Acrobats, 141 Richler, Moses Isaac (“Mo”; M’s father), 2 advises M about travel abroad, 109 angry at M for marrying outside the faith, 185–86 his correspondence with M, 143–44, 162–63, 185–86, 256–57, 278, 294, 298–99, 323, 337 death of, 343–46 described, 4–5, 7, 24–25, 256 early marital life of, 15–18, 27, 30–31, 34, 55 employment history of, 14, 41, 53, 79 encouraged by M to visit in London, 294 financial support of M by, 78, 124 his gifts to M’s children, 323 grows closer to M back in Montreal, 266 humiliated by Lily’s rejection, 62, 70 illnesses of, 256, 278, 297, 323, 337 his increasing concerns for M’s behavior, 143 his increasing respect for M, 125 M’s Esquire article about, 502–4 his pride in his sons, 61–62 reborn after his divorce, 79–80 receives M’s Ibiza reports, 122 receives M’s Paris reports, 117 recreations of, 35, 41, 43, 104 at the time of M’s birth, 9 visited more by Avrum, 323 visits in London with Sarah, 297 Richler, Noah, adolescence of, 450, 472–73, 481, 629 adulthood of, 626 birth and infancy of, 260, 263 childhood of, 277, 312, 326, 341, 354, 358, 363–64, 403–5, 415–16, 418, 420, 430, 655 early adulthood of, 527, 599, 607–8, 625 his role as O’Toole in Jacob Two-Two, 421 visits Paris with his father, 377 worried about M’s health, 667–68, 685, 690 writings of, 545, 591–92, 611, 650, 658, 702 Richler, Phyllis (Louie’s wife), 674

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Richler, Poppy (M’s granddaughter), 646, 657, 674 Richler, Sarah. See Werb, Sarah Richler, Shmarya (Shmeryahu; paternal grandfather), 5, 7 arrives in Montreal, 22–24 brusk nature of, 22 his control over Moses, 18 death of, 87 his dislike of M, 71 estranged from M., 57, 61–62 family home of, 15–16 Lily’s disapproval of, 17–18 orthodoxy of, 22 Richler, Shmuel Wolfe (M’s uncle), 23–24 Richler, Shmul (M’s orthodox cousin), 286, 590 Richler, Simone (M’s granddaughter), 657, 674 Richler Smelting and Refining, 6, 23, 42 Riopelle, Jean-‐Paul, 141 Ritchie, Charles, 382 Rites of Passage (novel), 493 Ritt, Martin, 325 Robbins, Harold, 211 Robinson, Carmen, 364, 647 Robinson, Derek, 397 Robinson, Jackie, 74, 371 Robinson, Jon, 364, 419, 430, 439 Robinson, Sugar Ray, 46 Rogers, Deborah, 392, 412, 444, 490, 497, 499, 506–7, 511–12, 518, 550, 556–57, 563, 565, 568, 579, 599, 626, 633, 637, 645, 662–63, 669, 671–72, 676, 683

Rolfe, William, 534–35 Romanow, Roy, 664 Rooke, Leon, 493 Room at the Top (film script), 223–24, 237, 244, 250, 295–96, 301, 313, 330 Rose, Fred, 58, 83, 88, 154–55, 194, 413 Rose, Pete, 522 Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Royal, 696, 702 Rosenberg, Abraham-‐Isaac (M’s uncle), 5, 15 Rosenberg, Flora (niece of Fred Rose), 154–55, 195, 218, 251 Rosenberg, Israel (M’s uncle), 15, 30, 99–100, 191, 257–58, 266, 455 Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel (accused spies), 150 Rosenberg, Leah. See Richler, Leah Rosenberg, Rabbi Yudel (Mordecai’s maternal grandfather), 9–10, 39, 61, 63, 143, 267, 409, 424–25, 576, 601–2, 609 background of, 11–13 illness and death of, 19–22, 25 as a loving grandparent, 5, 13–14, 19 officiates at M’s bris, 1 plans a move to Jerusalem, 18

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position of in Montreal, 16–17, 39, 49 Rosenberg, Ruth (“Rifka”). See Albert, Ruth Rosenberg, Sarah-‐Gittel (Mordecai’s maternal grandmother), 7, 9, 15, 18, 30–31 death of, 55, 631 stroke and illness of, 19, 25–27, 29, 41, 49, 52 Rosenberg, Suzanne (Lily’s niece), 267, 409 Rosenberg, Vera (née Rozanka; Israel’s wife), 30, 99–100, 257–58 Rosenberg’s Lakeside Inn, 78–79 Rosenfeld, Jacqueline, 207 Roth, Philip, 251, 287–88, 291, 301–2, 307, 324, 351, 354–55, 392, 407, 493, 508, 681, 691 Roth, Stephen J., 501, 515, 520 The Rotten People (M’s early novel), 123, 132–34, 137, 139, 410 Roy, Arundhati, 634 Roy, Gabrielle, 85–86, 105, 201, 463, 488 Rozanka, Vera. See Rosenberg, Vera Rubinek, Saul, 500 Rubinstein, Artur, 103 Ruel, Claude, 492 Runyon, Damon, 507 Rushdie, Salman, 546 Russell, Franklin, 322, 370, 382 Russell, Jackie. See also Moore, Jackie; 382 Russell, Jean, 322 Ryan, Claude, 476, 575 Rybczynski, Witold, 699 Sacks, Evelyn, 56, 61, 77, 88, 121, 124, 190, 629 her efforts on M’s behalf, 64–65, 108 hurt by M’s rebuff of her advances, 154, 181 Sackville-‐West, Vita, 351 “Safari” (M’s article for Signature), 506–7 Safer, Morley, 633 Saint-‐Germain-‐des-‐Prés, 114, 116–17, 119–20, 182 Salinger, J.D., 404, 655 Salutin, Rick, 531–32 Samuel, Alison, 546–47, 555, 557, 626–27 Samuel Bronfman Centre, 391 “Sanki” (M’s girlfriend in Paris), 135 Sartre, Jean-‐Paul, 113, 117, 119, 139, 153, 380, 568 Sassoon, Vidal, 228 Saturday Night (magazine), 279, 365–67, 377, 385, 395, 470–71, 519, 562–63, 583, 587, 594–95, 603, 605, 610–12, 625, 629, 632, 648–52, 657, 665–66, 672, 685, 699, 701 Savage, Anne (art teacher), 68, 89 Sayers, Michael, 140, 144, 149–50 Schlesinger, John, 391 Schmidt, Hans, 258 Schnurmacher, Tommy, 522

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Schwartz, Harvey, 470, 539, 542, 578 Schwartz’s Hebrew Deli, Montreal, 36, 70, 372, 430, 690, 701 Scott, F.R., 85, 106, 170, 201, 216, 342 Scott, Janet, 433 Scott, John, 380–81, 386, 433, 471, 584 Scott, Peter Dale, 216, 489 “The Secret of the Kugel” (M’s story), 156, 187, 212 Segal, George, 452 Segal, Jon, 596–97 Selected Essays 1960–2000 (M’s book), 653, 699 Sellers, Peter, 209, 303, 352 Selvon, Sam, 179 “Shades of darkness” (M’s story), 117–18 Shakespeare, William, 84, 192 “Shape of the Ghetto” (M’s story), 164 Shapiro, Bob, 352–53, 391, 447, 506, 510, 541, 609, 700 Shapiro, Sandi, 447, 506, 541, 609 Sharif, Omar, 352 Sharon, Ariel, 587 Shatner, William, 67 Shatsky, Lily, 39, 81 Shaw, George Bernard, 212 Shaw, Irwin, 114 Sheed, Wilfrid, 480, 508–9, 541, 543, 568 Shepherd, Cybill, 515 Shepperton Studios, 293, 296–97, 325 Sherbrooke St., Montreal, 2, 97–98, 106, 126, 482, 501, 509, 527, 582, 620, 666, 688–89, 702 Shields, Carol, 655, 701 Shimshoni, Shaindel, 590 Shimshoni, Shmul, 590 Ship, Harold (“the Boy Wonder”), 67, 91–92, 413 Ship, Reuben, 150, 202–4, 216, 218, 236–37, 243, 279, 303, 353, 445, 469 Shoctor, Joe, 513 Shovelling Trouble (M’s book of articles), 412–13 Show (magazine), 279 Shulemson, Simon, 47 Shuster, Joe, 43 Siegel, Bugsy, 576 Siegel, Jerry, 43 Signature (magazine), 506–8 Sillitoe, Alan, 213 Silverman, Al, 507, 541 Simon & Schuster (publishers), 291, 307, 335, 352, 377–78 Simon Fraser University, 367–68 Sinatra, Frank, 146 Sinclair, Margaret, 395 Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 320, 510, 512

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Sir George Williams College, 94, 96–97, 100–101, 103, 108, 134, 154, 195, 359–60, 362–63, 368, 371, 629

Sirois, Jackie. See also Moore, Jackie; Russell, Jackie; 106, 126, 147 Sister Crazy (Emma’s book), 672–74 Škvorecký, Josef, 568, 597 Smith, A.J.M., 85 Smith, Jori, 131–32 Smith, W.H. (booksellers), 189, 349, 354 the Smith-‐Corona typewriter, M’s, 539, 688 Snow, C.P., 174 The Snow Walker (novel), 449 “The Social Side of the Cold War” (M’s article), 302 Solecki, Sam, 657 Solomon Gursky Was Here (M’s novel), 444, 470–72, 653, 681 as a work in progress, 533–44, 551 described, 532–33, 545, 547 early reviews of, 550–51, 555–56, 561 honours given for, 564 long gestation of, 511–12, 518–20, 524, 532–33, 548–49, 551–52 seen as potentially libelous, 547–48 suffers after Oh Canada! is published, 584 Solotaroff, Ted, 302, 310 “Some Grist for Mervyn’s Mill” (M’s story), 281, 433 Sommer, Elke, 303 Son of a Lesser Hero (M’s article), 184 Son of a Smaller Hero (M’s novel), 193, 345, 410–11, 451 described, 198–99 reviews of, 199–200 Southern, Carol, 215–16, 293 Southern, Terry, 115, 136, 145, 215–16, 223, 293, 340, 355, 377, 508, 560–61 Spalding, Linda, 659 Spectator (magazine), 179, 264, 271, 274, 281, 295, 300, 307, 311, 327, 600, 617, 634 Spencer, Michael, 375, 377, 390, 403, 446 Spender, Stephen, 684 Spicehandler, Ziggy, 350 Spielberg, Steven, 511, 605 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (novel), 325 Staines, David, 475–76, 567, 596, 606, 658–59 Stalin, Joseph, 59, 119, 151, 162, 203–4, 209, 212 Stallone, Sylvester, 501 Stamp, Terence, 296 St. Catherine St., Montreal, 38, 57, 75, 92, 147, 151, 260, 420 St. Cyr, Lili, 41, 455 Steiger, Rod, 353 Stein, David Lewis, 287, 317 Stein, Gertrude, 113 Steinbeck, John, 64

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the Steven Leacock Medal, 646 Stewart, Bobby, 700 Steyn, Mark, 650 St. Jean Baptiste Society, 505 St. Joseph Blvd., Montreal, 30, 34–35, 235 St. Lawrence Blvd., Montreal (The Main), 2, 7–8, 14, 17, 29, 31–34, 36, 38, 45, 49, 58, 69–70, 80, 86, 98, 110, 264, 372, 430, 434, 661, 696

St. Michael the Archangel (Montreal church), 32 Stoller, Mike, 502, 513–14 Stone, Irving, 352 The Stone Angel (novel), 304 The Stone Diaries (novel), 655 Stopland, Mr. & Mrs. (Jewish mentors to young F), 227 The Street (M’s story collection and film script), 372, 375, 377–78, 382, 390, 449, 494, 500 Streisand, Barbra, 395, 512 St. Urbain’s Horseman (M’s novel), 501, 653 conception of, 303 described, 388–89 editorial reviews of, 378 radio script of, 686 reception of, 385–87, 390–92 said to be defamatory, 577–78 television version of, 701 TV miniseries considered, 670, 672 work completed on, 320, 323–24, 328–29, 333, 374–75, 377 St. Urbain St. and neighborhood, Montreal, 16, 20, 29–35, 39–40, 42, 47, 49, 51, 53, 56–57, 59, 62, 65–67, 70, 72, 75, 77, 81, 85, 96, 98, 119, 121, 125, 149, 174, 211, 214, 235–36, 238, 244–45, 255, 258–59, 262, 265, 268–69, 273–75, 279, 281, 289, 318, 326, 328, 345, 358, 379, 385, 388, 405, 414–15, 433, 451, 481, 491, 496, 501, 590, 661, 668, 694, 696, 701

St. Viateur St., Montreal, 14, 30, 35–36, 40, 57, 372, 430 Styron, William, 114–15, 220 the Suez crisis, 207–9, 212, 224, 469 Sullivan, Mr. (dapper diner at Lily’s), 84–85, 93–94 “The Summer My Grandmother Was Supposed to Die” (M’s article and radio piece), 272–73, 372

the Sunday Telegraph, 583, 617 the Sunday Times, 311, 313, 343, 349, 393, 634 Superman (comics hero), 35, 43–44, 76, 340, 543, 602 Sutherland, Donald, 106, 396 Sutherland, John, 106–7 “Sweet Pea.” See George, Roger Swift, Jonathan, 336, 349–50 Symonds, Dianna, 651, 665, 672–73 Symons, A.J.A., 534–35 Taconis, Kryn, 151, 182, 206, 225 Taconis, Tess, 151, 182, 195, 205, 224–25, 272, 390

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Talmud Torah (Montreal school), 27, 30, 35, 39–40, 42, 56, 61, 64, 66–67, 69, 72, 81, 88 The Tamarack Review, 217, 219, 221, 250, 307, 329, 648 Tamasso, Tiger, 258 Tan, Amy, 619 Tannenbaum, Percy, 103, 106, 324 Telefilm Canada, 515 The Telegraph Weekend Magazine. See also Weekend Magazine (Montreal); 563, 565, 614 Temple Emanu-‐El-‐Beth-‐Shalom, 98, 375 Ten for Wednesday Night (anthology), 272–73 Thatcher, Margaret, 558 “Their Canada and Mine” (M’s article), 264, 270–71 Thieves in the Night (novel), 84 The Third Man (film), 211 The Thirty-Nine Steps (novel), 73, 357 “This Hour Has Seven Days” (CBC TV), 329–30 This Is My Country, What’s Yours? (Noah’s book), 702 This Year in Jerusalem (M’s book), 596, 598–602, 618 promotions for, 604–5, 607 “This Year in Jerusalem” (M’s series in Maclean’s), 287 Thomas, Dylan, 106, 137, 174, 179, 684, 695 Thomas, Howard, 223 Thomas, Kathleen, 174 Thomas, Sydney, 280, 296–97 Thomson, Roy, 329–30 Thornton, Cliff, 665 “The Three-‐Cognac Lunch…” (M’s article), 612–13 The Threepenny Opera, 401 Tiara Tahiti (M’s film script rewrite), 276, 280, 295, 301 Tierney, Brendan, 289 Time Canada (magazine), 381, 386 The Tin Flute (novel), 85–86, 463 Tip Top Comics, 43 Tito, Marshal, 203–4 TLS (Times Literary Supplement, London), 199, 204, 603, 619, 634 Toibín, Colm, 653 Toronto, M’s feelings about, 99, 207, 268–69, 272, 274, 297, 301, 309, 314, 407, 654–56 Toronto Life (magazine), 428 Toronto Star (newspaper), 220, 248, 271, 342, 348, 385, 428, 517, 615, 672 Toronto Telegram (newspaper), 179, 200, 248 Tough, Paul, 651 Tourrettes-‐sur-‐Loup, 131–32, 141–42, 214–17, 222–23, 291, 324, 465 Town (magazine), 311 Toynbee, Philip, 213, 397 Tremblay, Michel, 461, 560, 580, 633 Tremblay, Odile, 584 Trillin, Calvin, 508, 667 Trilling, Lionel, 250, 305–7

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Trizec (property investment firm), 434 Trocchi, Alexander, 115, 135–36 The Trouble with Benny (TV play), 236, 238–39, 376 Trudeau, Denis, 572 Trudeau, Margaret, 395, 665 Trudeau, Pierre Eliott, xiv, 38, 67, 318, 348, 361, 369–71, 379–80, 395, 438, 491, 564, 572, 605–6, 620, 665–66

Truman, Harry, 90 Trumpeldor, Yosef, 46 Tucci, Maria, 292, 352, 376, 480, 544, 658, 668 Tur-‐Guerra, Juanito, 122 Twain, Mark, 648 Tweedsmuir, Lord. See Buchan, John Twiggy (the model), 352 Tynan, Kenneth, 281, 326 “Ulla” (M’s Swedish girlfriend in France), 134–35, 137–38, 140, 151, 225 Ulysses (novel), 113, 305, 398 Université de Montréal, 34, 70, 77 University of Calgary, 375, 439, 627, 669 University of Toronto, 363, 366, 424, 481, 612, 636, 657–58, 661 Updike, John, 351, 354, 635 Vail, Sinbad, 115, 118 Vallières, Pierre, 406 Vanderhaeghe, Guy, 549–50, 560, 567, 570, 663–64, 667, 692, 694, 701 Vanderhaeghe, Margaret, 570, 692 Vanity Fair (magazine), 416, 584 Vanzetti, Bartolomei, 64 Vardey, Lucinda, 524 Vassanji, M.G., 606, 702 Vassiltchikov, Marie, 568 Vaucaire, Cora, 119 Véhicule Press, 622 Venne, Pierrette, 580 Venne, Stéphane, 474–75 The Victim (novel), 327 The Victorian Underworld (book), 534 Vidal, Gore, 114 Viking (publishers), 158, 214, 546, 568 Villan-‐Gomez, Juanito, 122, 129 Villeneuve, Cardinal, 37 Virago (publishers), 511 Vogue (magazine), 228, 324, 522

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Walcott, Jersey Joe, 136 Wallace, Henry, 103 Wallin, Pamela, 624 Wanamaker, Sam, 204, 325 Warden, Jack, 432 Watson, Patrick, 320 Waugh, Evelyn, 192, 336, 472, 493, 507, 568 Weaver, Bob, 187, 201, 206, 214, 248–49, 272–73, 294, 297, 300, 305, 307, 329, 368, 417, 659 Webb, Phyllis, 358 Weekend Magazine (Montreal). See also The Telegraph Weekend Magazine; 140, 160, 184, 430, 466, 479, 648

Weidenfeld, George, 193, 351, 599 Weidenfeld & Nicolson (publishers), 193, 351–52, 377, 412, 423, 577 Weiner, Joyce, 144, 149, 151, 154, 158, 160–61, 163, 174–75, 182, 193, 212, 253, 258, 308, 351 agrees to help M find a publisher, 145 ceases to represent M in North America, 253, 258, 279, 320–21, 351 her correspondence with M, 148, 155–56, 165, 167, 189–90 edits and advises M, 155–56, 214, 236, 263, 282, 308 Weiner, Marjorie, 182 Weinstein, Eli, 75 Weintraub, Bernice, 160, 170, 193, 202, 219, 241 Weintraub, Bill, 141, 144, 146–47, 154, 175–77, 181, 186, 193, 203–4, 208, 257, 267, 276, 284, 290, 341–43, 380, 386, 410, 435, 438, 497, 566, 594, 622, 648–49, 670–71

host to M and F during Expo, 347 joined by M back in Montreal, 146 joins M in Ibiza, 126–29 his last days with M, 688, 694 learns of M’s upcoming divorce, 230, 241, 251, 435 his lengthy critique of Son of a Smaller Hero, 196–98 letters from to M, 130, 132, 139–40, 144, 146, 160–61, 168–69, 180–83, 212–13, 284, 304, 309, 315, 322–23, 341, 352, 359, 378–80, 394, 402, 406 letters to from M, 130, 132, 134–35, 137–41, 144, 158–63, 166–70, 175, 177–79, 181–86, 193–95, 198, 205, 214–16, 218, 221–24, 230, 236–38, 241, 243, 245, 249, 251–56,

269, 278–80, 297, 300–301, 307–12, 320, 322–23, 325, 329–330, 333, 338, 341, 349, 351–52, 360–61, 373, 377–79, 385, 391, 394, 398, 400, 402–3, 406 in London, 201–2, 208, 279–80, 283 “manages” Lily for M, 254, 410, 432, 477 marries Magda, 348, 435 meets M, 119 personal troubles of, 218–19, 225, 341 visits M and F in Long Island, 290 writings of, 128–29, 177, 209, 272, 370 Weizmann, Chaim, 90, 100 Welty, Eudora, 507 Werb, Sarah (second wife of Moses Richler), 79–80, 104, 163, 256, 278, 288, 294, 297, 299, 503 helped financially by M, 345–46 nurses Moses, 343

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Wesker, Arnold, 213 Whale Music (novel), 556 White, Peter, 476 White Elephant Club (Soho), 283, 297, 321, 324 White Niggers of America, 406 Who’s Afraid of Mordecai Richler (essay), 616 “Why I Hate Schindler’s List” (M’s article), 605 “Why I Left Canada” (M’s memoir), 264 Why Rock the Boat (novel), 272 Whyte, Ken, 610–12, 632–33, 650, 658–59, 669, 677, 701 Wicked We Love (M’s renamed first novel), 193 Wiesel, Elie, 510, 568 Wigan, Gareth, 353 Wild and the Willing (film), 296 Wilensky, Moe, 31, 430 Wilensky’s (deli), 31, 33, 43, 57–58, 75, 372, 430 William Collins & Sons (publishers), 269 William Morris Agency, 352 Wilson, Angus, 251 Wilson, Colin, 213 Wilson, Edmund, 250, 684 Winchell, Walter, 104 Winkleman, Sonny, 213 Wise, Alfred, 586 Wiseman, Adele, 220, 315, 342 Wiseman, Gdalyah, 589 Wodehouse, P.G., 507 Wolofsky, Jack, 69, 417 Wong, Jan, 635 Wood, Albert and Ethel, 226 Wood, Florence. See Mann, Florence, childhood of Wood, Natalie, 353 Woodcock, George, 324, 395, 550 Woods, James, 515–16 Woody’s (Montreal Pub), 434, 529, 543, 558–59, 571, 585, 629 Woolf, Virginia, 351 The Wordsmith (film of M’s “Some Grist for Mervyn’s Mill”), 433, 500 Workman, Paul, 588–89 The World According to Garp (novel), 480, 493 World of Wonders (novel), 449 Wouk, Herman, 352 Wright, Richard, 114, 136–37, 182 Writers Guild of America, 447, 452 Writers on World War II (M’s anthology), 557, 567–68, 654

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Yalofsky, Leibel, 40, 42, 57 York University (Ontario), 653 Young, Ric, 598, 604, 636–37, 658–59, 664, 669, 672, 685 Young Israel synagogue, Montreal, 13–14, 19, 35, 40, 45, 61 Young Judaea (youth group), 81 Ziggy’s (Montreal restaurant), 618, 625, 629–30, 646, 685, 696 Zionism, 83, 86–87 Znaimer, Moses, 621 Zsohar, Zsuzsanna, 624 Zuckerman, Bernard, 364

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