From Mordecai Richler, one of our greatest satirists, comes one Of Literature's most delightful characters, duddy kravitz -- in a novel that belongs in the pantheon of seminal twentieth century books. Duddy -- the third ...From Mordecai Richler, one of our greatest satirists, comes one Of Literature's most delightful characters, duddy kravitz -- in a novel that belongs in the pantheon of seminal twentieth century books. Duddy -- the third generation of a jewish immigrant family in montreal -- is combative, amoral, scheming, a liar, and totally hilarious.