Fiction Short Stories (single Author)
My Career with the Leafs & Other Stories
- Publisher
- Talonbooks
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1982
- Category
- Short Stories (single author), 20th Century, Hockey, Coming of Age
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889221994
- Publish Date
- Jan 1982
- List Price
- $18.95
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Description
Brian Fawcett explores the connection between track and existentialism, pool and foolscap, tomato cans and the Knights of the Round Table. In the process, he becomes a horse, confronts the Red Menace and almost drowns himself. This book is for anyone who knows what it’s like to learn—literally and figuratively—the rules of the game.
About the author
Brian Fawcett is the author of more than twenty books, including Cambodia: A Book for People Who Find Television Too Slow, The Secret Journals of Alexander Mackenzie, and VirtualClearcut: Or, TheWay Things Are In My Home Town. He is a past editor of Books in Canada, a former columnist for the Globe and Mail, has written articles and reviews for most of Canada’s major newspapers and magazines, and is a founding editor of the internationallyfollowed Internet news service,
www.dooneyscafe.com. Fawcett was born and raised in Prince George, B.C. and now lives in Toronto.
Editorial Reviews
“Fawcett sings sweetly and sourly about growing up.”
—Vancouver Sun