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Cape Breton is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada Ray Smith

Cape Breton is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada By Ray Smith

Cape Breton is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada by Ray Smith


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Summary

If CanLit is a steamy boudoir, then Cape Breton is a pair of torn yellow fishnets glowing under the bed.

Cape Breton is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada Summary

Cape Breton is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada by Ray Smith

Sophisticated, playful, and extremely funny, this collection begins the career of one of Canada's best humorists and storytellers. Featuring the adventures of Patchouli the Passionate, Sweet William, Paleologue, Passquick, Purlieu, Jasper, and Angus, with guest cameos by G.K. Chesterton and painter Raphael Santi, these odd Acadian episodes have delighted for decades.

About Ray Smith

Ray Smith: A native of Mabou, Cape Breton, to which he has returned, Ray Smith lived in Montreal for forty years, where he taught English literature at Dawson College. His books include A Night at the Opera (winner of the 1992 Qspell Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction), Lord Nelson Tavern, Century, and The Flush of Victory: Jack Bottomly Among the Virgins, all published by Biblioasis.

Table of Contents

The Age of Innocence Secrets from Beyond the Pale Colours Cape Breton is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada Passion A Cynical Tale Peril The Galoshes The Dwarf in His Valley Ate Codfish Raphael Anachronic Smoke

Additional information

NGR9781771960274
9781771960274
1771960272
Cape Breton is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada by Ray Smith
New
Paperback
Biblioasis
2016-07-28
192
N/A
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