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- ↑ "Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang: Mordecai Richler Was Here", CBC News, December 16, 1976.
- ↑ Bedtime story for Jacob was full of promise
- ↑ Dark memories of the man we called 'Sir'
- ↑ "Packing up a place full of memories" Archived 2008-04-01 at the Wayback Machine , The Globe and Mail , December 16, 2005.
- ↑ Susur: A Culinary Life at Ten Speed Press.
- ↑ Editor's Note | Jacob Richler | Canada's 100 Best
- ↑ "MY CANADA INCLUDES FOIE GRAS - Jacob Richler - Penguin Books". www.penguin.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11.
