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Moody Food

A Novel

by (author) Ray Robertson

Publisher
Santa Fe Writer's Project
Initial publish date
May 2008
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897231647
    Publish Date
    Sep 2009
    List Price
    $19.95
  • CD-Audio

    ISBN
    9781978622760
    Publish Date
    May 2018
    List Price
    $21.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780977679942
    Publish Date
    May 2008
    List Price
    $6.99

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Description

Inspired by the exploits of ill-fated country-rock visionary Gram Parsons, this mid-60s tale of idealism and escape traces the trials of a fictionalized draft-dodging flower child from the United States to Canada and back. It is the late 1960s in Yorkville, Toronto's hippie ghetto of artists, intellectuals, drunken poets, and would-be rock stars. In this idyllic haven, narrator Bill Hansen, a drummer, meets Thomas Graham, an American musician on the lam from the draft. The two form a band, but even as they revel in music and freedom, Graham is hobbled by another love: a drug habit that becomes his reason for living and, eventually, for dying. Graham's emotional trip and failed, revolutionary life reflect the rise and fall of an entire generation's aspirations.

About the author

Ray Robertson is the author of five novels: What Happened Later, Gently Down the Stream, Home Movies, Heroes, and Moody Food. The latter two received starred reviews from Quill & Quire, and the last made it to the top one hundred lists of The Globe and Mail and The Vancouver Sun. In 2004, Ray published Mental Hygiene, a collection of his articles, essays, and book reviews. Ray lives in Toronto, where he teaches Creative Writing at the University of Toronto.

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Editorial Reviews

"A funny, generous, touching novel by a writer of genuine gifts."  “Richard Currey, author, Fatal Light and Lost Highway

"An engrossing novel, beautifully written."  ?Jim Harrison, author, Legends of the Fall

"Robertson shares a literary wildness with Thomas Wolfe."  “Cleveland Free Times

"The real star of Moody Food is the writing, with its displays of sharp humor and deep love of music."  “Litkicks.com