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Kicking Tomorrow

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There must be something in the Richler blood; this book is great. If you're in between 30-40 and have grown up anywhere in Canada or the US, you're sure to enjoy this novel.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Daniel Richler is an exceptionally creative individual. Kicking Tomorrow is an engaging and comical story of the transition from wayward youth to adult. I look forward to reading this authors future works.

I purchased Kicking Tomorrow out of interest in Mordecai Richler but ended up enjoying it more than I thought I would. The substance abusing teenager is over-the-top but the writing is first-rate, with a non-chronological narrative that is both readable and adds to the dramatic tension. Add to this the language politics and social issues of Montréal in the 70s and some supporting characters that have very complex personalities, and you have an engrossing reading experience.

Kicking Tomorrow is a pretty amusing tale of Robbie Bookbinder, a disaffected teenage boy growing up in Canada in the 70s. Daniel Richler's story is funny and very well-written. Richler has fun with language, which makes the book quite fun to read. What I think I like best is the dialog. It's right on, almost scarily so. Enjoy.