18 March 2013

Here Comes Sugar-Puss!



The Spring issue of Maisonneuve hits the stands today. Flip it over and you'll find this on the back cover:

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There they are, all three Ricochet Books from Véhicule Press, now joined by Al Palmer's Sugar-Puss on Dorchester Street. It's been 64 years since the story of Gisele Lepine – a/k/a Sugar-Puss – was sold at train station and drug store spinner racks. No sexigenerian copies are listed for sale online, but you can place an advance order for the brand spanking new edition (with Intro by Will Straw!) with Amazon, Chapters/Indigo or Véhicule Press itself.

Go get it, ya big lug.


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8 comments:

  1. Who you callin' lug, ya palooka! I just ordered me a copy and it better be good, wise guy. Or else.

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    1. Hey, better that you spend your berries on books than bangtails or broads.

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  2. I just have one thing to say: "Drug store spinner racks."

    Knuckles G.



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    1. What I wouldn't give for one... Not much, but I'd like one just the same.

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  3. So looking forward to this.

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    1. I don't think you'll be disappointed, Beau, it's one whacky book.

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  4. Lovely. I always thought I wanted one of the wooden book shelfs that are open on all sides and spin around. Well, if you spin mine all the books fall out because the base is crooked.

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    1. As a collector, one of my great regrets is passing on the opportunity to buy a wooden Modern Library display rack dating from the 'forties. Couldn't have afforded it - I was a student - but still.

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