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12 September 2014

University Professor Writes Roman à Clef Roman



Fasting Friar
Edward McCourt
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1963
222 pages

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4 comments:

  1. Unknown12 September, 2014 11:53

    Hi Brian,
    I recommend A Road for Canada, McCourt's account of a road trip he took with his wife across the country in 1963, just a year after the Trans-Canada Highway officially opened. "In Canada there is too much of everything. Too much rock, too much prairie, too much tundra, too much mountain, too much forest."

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    1. Brian Busby15 September, 2014 08:23

      Thanks for the recommendation, Dan. I'll hunt down a copy. I'm also interested in reading his biography of Sir William Butler. The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan describes it as "exceptional"!

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  2. Harry Flashman07 November, 2023 13:37

    I picked up a copy of Fasting Friar at the Concordia book giveaway today.

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    1. Brian Busby07 November, 2023 17:24

      Wow! I really liked that novel. You're reminding me that I've not read anything by McCourt since. I must!

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