tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post1445188083812681359..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: White Circle Canadians (w/ Warning)Brian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-34298633697197531962009-10-31T16:30:04.412-04:002009-10-31T16:30:04.412-04:00I'll look forward to it. I know someday I'...I'll look forward to it. I know someday I'll pick up a copy of <i>I Hate You to Death</i>. There are a few copies currently listed with online booksellers, but at US$30 to US$63 (shipping included), they just seem too dear.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-72450936920795003122009-10-31T15:55:28.045-04:002009-10-31T15:55:28.045-04:00I have 6 of the 7 books that I know he wrote. I...I have 6 of the 7 books that I know he wrote. I'll do a post on Mr. Edgar. I hadn't known about Gatenby's book. Got to look it up.bowdlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504137974544195250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-79050927164435360972009-10-31T11:49:52.036-04:002009-10-31T11:49:52.036-04:00I hadn't realized that Edgar had written two W...I hadn't realized that Edgar had written two White Circles. As a title, <i>"Murder", She Said</i> does sound tempting, but the Edgar book I'll continue to look out for is <i>I Hate You to Death</i> (Toronto: F. E. Howard, 1944). One online bookseller describes it thus: "Mystery about a publisher of a chain of magazine [sic] who accepts a dinner invitation in his honor & is confronted there by writers & artists who once worked for him & received nothing but abuse."<br /><br />I can sympathize.<br /><br />Apparently the cover cover depicts six men pointing their fingers at a seated man.<br /><br />Greg Gatenby's <i>Toronto: A Literary Guide</i> has a paragraph devoted to Edgar. Much more than I've seen elsewhere.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-70112573340316478062009-10-30T20:09:19.657-04:002009-10-30T20:09:19.657-04:00There was another Canadian author who had two orig...There was another Canadian author who had two original novels published as White Circles - Keith Edgar. They were "Murder," She Said (CD447) and Arctic Rendezvous (CD419). He also had four digest originals with other publishers earlier in the decade. In the digests he is described as a native of Toronto and a former newspaper reporter.bowdlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504137974544195250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-13748422014169161972009-10-28T13:58:01.654-04:002009-10-28T13:58:01.654-04:00Cabbagetown really is a fine piece of work, though...<i>Cabbagetown</i> really is a fine piece of work, though the title doesn't travel well. To those outside Toronto, it means little to nothing. Add time to geography: Torontonians of a certain age remember it as the harsh home of the "perennial poor" (as depicted in the novel), but younger folks know it only as an expensive neighbourhood comprised of restored Victorian houses.<br /><br />I will say this, as much as I like <i>Storm Below</i>, Garner stands out as having some of the blandest sounding titles ever produced in this country. I present as examples: <i>Hugh Garner's Best Stories</i>, <i>Author! Author!</i>, <i>Men and Women</i> and <i>Three Women</i>.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-59826320338197129522009-10-26T21:11:27.770-04:002009-10-26T21:11:27.770-04:00'Cabbagetown' must be one of the least ins...'Cabbagetown' must be one of the least inspiring titles ever. It certainly doesn't sound UNENDURABLY exciting.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.com