| A Choice of Enemies | |
| Border: | yes |
| Author: | Mordecai Richler |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | André Deutsch |
| Release Date: | 1957 |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | 272 pages |
| Preceded By: | Son of a Smaller Hero |
| Followed By: | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz |
A Choice of Enemies is the third novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler. It was first published in 1957 by André Deutsch.
The novel is set in London in the 1950s. A group of dissident writers and filmmakers from Canada and the United States settle in England to escape the McCarthy era witch hunt.Problems ensue after Norman Price, a former academic turned pulp writer, befriends a mysterious German refugee and is ostracized by the others. Their rigid idealism devolves into tyranny and Norman decides that "all alliances are discredited." He faces a personal dilemma where his choice of enemies is not clear.
Richler uses biting wit, pointed irony and elements of surrealism to construct a parable reflecting the moral doubt and decay of modern society.