First published in 1972, Going Down Slow is an intense and very funny novel about one mans attempt to maintain his sanity, and his sense of humour, in the face of mounting odds. Metcalf's young...
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Author: Metcalf, JohnSummary:Genre: Canadian fiction, Literary fiction -
Author: Metcalf, JohnSummary:John Metcalf's Shut Up He Explained defies expectations and strict definition. Part memoir, part travelogue, part criticism -- wholly Metcalf -- it is thoughtful, engaged, contentious and often...
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Author: Metcalf, JohnSummary:The Argus-eyed editor; the magisterial prose stylist; the waggish, inflammatory cultural critic; the mentor and iconoclast. John Metcalf is a literary legend whose memoir maps the underground he...
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Author: Metcalf, JohnSummary:In this, his first book of fiction since 'Adult Entertainment', a New York Times Notable Book of 1990, legendary Canadian writer and editor John Metcalf is back - in full comic force - with a...
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Author: Metcalf, JohnSummary:A reSet original. 'Vital Signs' brings together the collected novellas by John Metcalf, a modern master of the form, a writer who Alice Munro has said 'often comes as close to the baffling comedy...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short stories