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Showing posts with label Pocket Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pocket Books. Show all posts
02 March 2022

Lunar Attractions; or, The Leacock I Like

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Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy Stephen Leacock Toronto: Gundy, 1915 282 pages My introduction to Stephen Leacock came through a copy of  L...
27 March 2020

Reluctantly Revisiting Canada's Great Virus Novel

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Nobody told me there'd be days like these. The Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs are the least of my worries. I've ...
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16 July 2018

The Dustiest Bookcase: F is for Fulford

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The Dustiest Bookcase: Short pieces on books I've always meant to review (but haven't). They're in storage as we build o...
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03 February 2014

Still Reading Richard Rohmer. Is Alice Munro?

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More than a month into the New Year and I'm still at it . So are my pals Chris Kelly and Stanley Whyte . The books themselves ha...
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09 January 2014

The Hairdresser as Straight Man

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The Happy Hairdresser Nicholas Loupos Richmond Hill, ON: Pocket, 1973 175 pages This review now appears, revised and...
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11 March 2013

A Not So Nice Place to Visit

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The Sin Sniper Hugh Garner Richmond Hill, ON: Pocket Books, 1970 From the back cover: So what's he doing writing a ...
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19 October 2012

The King of the Canadian Pulps Bowdlerized

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The Fabulous Kelley Thomas P. Kelley, Jr. Richmond Hill, ON: Pocket, 1968 The Fabulous Kelley Thomas P. Kelley, Jr. Toronto...
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06 June 2012

Teamwork

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Face-Off Scott Young and George Robertson Toronto: Macmillan, [1971] It's playoff time in the NHL and who cares? Canada, ...
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22 April 2012

The Curious and Unknown Leo Orenstein

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© The Estate of Leo Orenstein Leo Orenstein is worthy of much overdue attention for his work as one of this country's early tel...
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