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"This is an original, wild, and often funny story about Randy Gogarty. He is a free spirit, full of lust, full of himself, and he's lonely. He sets out for Elk Brain, Saskatchewan, intent on setting the newspaper world ablaze. But it is he who goes up in flames. Confused by idealism and lo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Holstein, Ontario :
Exile Editions,
[2019]
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| Series: | Exile classics ;
no. 30. |
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| Summary: | "This is an original, wild, and often funny story about Randy Gogarty. He is a free spirit, full of lust, full of himself, and he's lonely. He sets out for Elk Brain, Saskatchewan, intent on setting the newspaper world ablaze. But it is he who goes up in flames. Confused by idealism and loyalties, he gets fired and then tries to survive a prairie winter through hard drinking, road trips across wide open empty spaces, travelling with his beloved whom he tells "lovely women eat a crazy salad with their meat" as he pours canola oil on her body in a cold bedroom. Not surprisingly, Randy suffers salvation in a most unexpected way. Kelly, according to the Vancouver Sun "...never writes a boring sentence..." This is certainly true in this story, a series of sublime ruminations told in an inimitable style--full of wonder and life and love, poignant insights, and irrepressible humour. No reader will forget this satirical, desperate, beautiful fiction debut, voted best first novel of the year when originally published. "-- |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: Toronto : Simon & Pierre, 1977. |
| Physical Description: | x, 179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Issued also in electronic formats. |
| ISBN: | 9781550968699 1550968696 |