Barney's Version/Mordecai Richler 355 pgs.Barney Panofsky is a romantic who met his third (and most perfect) wife at a wedding. Unfortunately, it was HIS wedding wherein he was marrying his second wife. Barney's trashy TV company, Totally Useless Productions, has made him a small fortune without having to work too hard thus he has had plenty of time to drink and carouse. He maintains several life long relationships with various "frenemies" that he would do anything for but also may be the number one suspect when they are murdered. But lets get back to the third and perfect wife...Miriam, the mother of his children and the only woman he has truly loved...oh yea, Barney ends up messing that up too and she marries another man. This is a comic novel about a guy who has some pretty amazing luck mixed in with some pretty hard luck too. Mostly, he makes his own luck and that is when things get a little crazy. - Christa
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