![]() ![]() When Jake becomes embroiled in a scandalous trial in London, England, he puts his own unadventurous life on trial as well, finding it desperately wanting as he steadfastly longs for the Horseman’s glorious return. Nazi-hunter, adventurer, and hero of the Spanish Civil War, Joey is the avenging horseman of Jake’s impotent dreams. His alter ego is his cousin Joey, a legend in their childhood neighbourhood in Montreal. Thirty-seven-year-old Jake Hersh is a film director of modest success, a faithful husband, and a man in disgrace. Urbain’s Horseman is a complex, moving, and wonderfully comic evocation of a generation consumed with guilt – guilt at not joining every battle, at not healing every wound. The attention this star-studded and heavily promoted mini-series will receive will renew interest in the book among Richler fans and introduce many new readers to this modern classic, now available in this attractive tie-in edition. Urbain’s Horseman has now been adapted into a high-profile two-part CBC drama. Long considered one of Mordecai Richler’s most beloved and acclaimed novels, St. ![]()
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