Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771074719 . 137 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in purple, paper-covered boards. Spine ends bumped. Tiny remainder dot on lower text block edge. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Appears unread. Dustjacket has light wear to spine ends and corners. It is shelf rubbed. The third children's book by Canadian writer Mordecai Richler about a six year old boy named Jacob. In this one, Jacob becomes a spy at his school to solve the problem of disgusting school lunches. .

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Mordecai Richler was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1931. Raised there in the working-class Jewish neighbourhood around St. Urbain Street, he attended Sir George Williams College (now a part of Concordia University). In 1951 he left Canada for Europe, settling in London, England, in 1954. Eighteen years later, he moved back to Montreal. Novelist and journalist, screenwriter and editor, Richler, one of the most acclaimed contemporary writers, has spent much of his career chronicling, celebrating, and criticizing the Montreal and the Canada of his upbringing. Whether the settings of his fiction are St. Urbain Street or European capitals, his major characters never forsake the Montreal world that shaped them. His most frequent voice is that of the satirist, rendering an honest account of his times with care and humour. Richler’s many honours include two Governor General’s Awards and innumerable other awards for fiction, journalism, and screenwriting. Mordecai Richler died in Montreal, Quebec, in 2001.

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Bookseller: Homeward Bound Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4324
Title: Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case
Author: Richler, Mordecai
Illustrator: Norman Eyolfson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0771074719
ISBN 13: 9780771074714
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart Limited
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1995
Keywords: 0771074719

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