The Roaring Eighties and Other Good Times
- Publisher
- Exile Editions
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2008
- Category
- Social History, Popular Culture
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550960938
- Publish Date
- Apr 2008
- List Price
- $26.95
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Description
Written by one of Canada's leading cultural commentators, this collection explores a wonderful gamut of topics, including the arts, sports, politics, and pop culture of the 1980s. Both hilarious and brilliant, the essays range from exposés on cocaine dealers and the murder of heiress Nancy Eaton, to articles on the politics of Jean Chrétien, the music of Miles Davis, and the literature of Joyce Carol Oates, Saul Bellow, and Morley Callaghan.
About the author
Norman Snider of Toronto is a screenwriter, journalist, professor, and fiction writer. He wrote the screenplay for the film Casino Jack, starring Kevin Spacey the film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, and is available in full as the first book of the Exile Silver Screen Series. He has also published Smokescreen: One Man Against the Underworld and The Roaring 80s & Other Good Times.
Editorial Reviews
"These selections are thoughtfully and insightfully written, and delve deeply into the Subjects they pursue. Who else other than Norman Snider could have captured an essential decade of our history so convincingly?!" —Michael Keefer