The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys Publishers, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". None. A scarce, first edition of this amusing novel by Canadian author Morley Torgov, with a long inscription to fellow Canadian author Stephen Vizinczey. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Very scarce.Inscribed by the author to fellow author Stephen Vizinczey; 'Fond wishes To Stephen and Gloria, with whom I share the distinction of not having been mentioned in The Old Testament, The New Testament, The Chronicles of Genghis Khan, Mein Kampf, and The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Morley Torgov', dated Jan 1984. Written by Canadian novelist, humorist and lawyer, Torgov Morley. This novel is set in northern Ontario City, telling the story of Maximilian Glick, who is due to become bar mitzvah in his extremely Orthodox community. However, things are not quite what they seem, with Glick becoming more and more inclined to shed his upbringing to become a stand-up comedian instead. From the library of Hungarian-Canadian author Stephen Vizinczey, best known for his 'In Praise of Older Women', and 'An Innocent Millionaire'. His writing was praised by the likes of Graham Greene and Anthony Burgess, describing his fiction as social epics which breathe hope in a corrupt world. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with minor shelf wear only. Author's inscription to recto of the front endpaper, with phone numbers for office and home printed above the inscription. Dust wrapper is excellent, with light marking. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Near Fine