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Re: GG: The Maestro
Mary Jo - you were in Montreal this weekend and you didn't tell me? Shame
on you!!!
I know the book you're referring to - I worked at a children's bookstore
when it was released and managed to be on hand when Tim Wynne-Jones came
through on his promotional tour. Wonderful man - and a deeply moving book.
I read it two Christmasses ago and couldn't put it down. I ended up with
a signed copy. Yes, the Maestro is too like Glenn Gould to be mistaken
for anyone else - odd that Wynne-Jones didn't credit him anywhere.
Usually there's an acknowledgement somewhere about how a character is
based loosely on an historical figure, etc - but not here. Strange.
I highly recommend the book. It's very powerful, and not just the
Gould-like musician bits, either. It deservedly won the Governor General's
award - Canada's highest literary honour. Dig up a copy, if only for to
chuckle at the Gouldisms so accurately portrayed. You can tell
Wynne-Jones liked Gould.
Arin Murphy
Concordia University, Montreal
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The absolute requirements of literary labour not unfrequently compel an
irregular distribution of time, and with it irregular social and moral
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