Book by Robertson Ray
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From critically acclaimed novelist Ray Robertson comes the rollicking Great Gatsby of the 60s --
a sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll-suffused modern tragedy.
For Bill Hansen, things couldn’t be better. He’s got a beautiful folk-singer girlfriend, a job at Toronto’s coolest bookstore and, most of all, he’s got Yorkville, which in 1966 is nothing short of paradise for a boy from the suburbs.
And then Bill meets the charismatic Thomas Graham, who draws Bill into an obsessive quest to create what he calls “Interstellar North American Music.” Augmented by Bill’s girlfriend, Christine, and Slippery Bannister, a one-time Nashville session man and now an infamous drunk, The Duckhead Secret Society is born and launched on a whirlwind tour of bars, taverns and dives across America.
In the haze of harder and harder drugs, it all starts to come undone. As Bill recounts the rise and fall of Thomas Graham and his musical vision, he simultaneously tells the story of frustrated idealism and the passing of an entire generation.
Ray Robertson’s first novel, Home Movies, won the Alta Lynd Cooke Prize and his second novel, Heroes, received considerable acclaim. Ray is a regular reviewer and columnist for the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. He is also a frequent guest on CBC Radio’s “Talking Books,” CBC Newsworld’s Hot Type, and TVO’s Imprint.
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Librería: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Paperback. Condición: Good. Nº de ref. del artículo: FORT470097
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Librería: Alhambra Books, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 387 pp. Very light corner wear. Nº de ref. del artículo: 054403
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Librería: Starx Products, North York, ON, Canada
The book is in a good readable condition. The spine and cover shows minimal signs of wear. Cover page has a bent mark. Nº de ref. del artículo: C8B-G-0385659156-048
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