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Adopted to Toronto from his native Baffin Island, Atuk the poet is definitely an improbable overnight achievement. Excitedly changing to a culture steeped in pretension, bigotry, and greed, Atuk quickly abandons the fictional existence towards more profitable – and dangerous – schemes.Richler’s amusing and devastating satire lampoons the self-deceptions of “the Canadian identity” and derides the hypocrisy of the country that attempts social self-reliance by slavishly seeking the American dream.