Mordecai Richler

Shoveling Trouble in the Stables of the Lord</P><p>'He has no skin only blood.He wants to bleed for everybody.</P><p>If the smell of the stable repels you;<br>If you don't like trouble; <br>If conflicted attitudes toward God and the Bible bother you; <br>Stay away from this book.</P><p>If you prefer writers who keep their skin on; <br>If you're not into vengeance parody or satire; <br>If you can't laugh uproariously at others and yourself; <br>You're probably not reading Richler.</P><p>But if Richler is your kind of writer and you want to know more about why and how he writes; <br>If you're curious about the way his life penetrates his fiction; <br>Welcome aboard!</P>