tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post5347273280307526205..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: A Blockhead Tries Writing for MoneyBrian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-72586365729781797792011-09-15T14:33:28.139-04:002011-09-15T14:33:28.139-04:00I'm reminded of Ted Allan's original Love ...I'm reminded of Ted Allan's original <i>Love is a Long Shot</i> (1949), which is as dark a the remake is light. Set in 1930s Montreal - like <i>The Mayor of Côte St. Paul</i> - it features this author's note:<br /><br />Every word in this book is fiction. Any resemblance to any living person is purely coincidental. There was a time, long, long ago, when there <i>were</i> gambling dens and houses of prostitution and police corruption in the City of Montreal; but that, of course, is not true today...<br /><br />Much funnier than anything in the novel itself.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-51911850089486348672011-09-15T13:08:52.338-04:002011-09-15T13:08:52.338-04:00Underworld kingpins in the city of Montreal???
Ce...Underworld kingpins in the city of Montreal???<br /><br />Certainly that could never happen in real life...not in my city!...not with Tremblay as Mayor!...certainly not with Charest in charge!...and definitely not with our blue collar workers tending to our road and bridge repairs!<br /><br />I guess that's the beauty of fiction. You can take a far-fetched scenario and get people to believe it!!!<br /><br />JAW fanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com