Double Bass Books for travel spinoff thread

[Don Kasper]

what as been bred in the bone will out in the flesh.

Nice.
Attributable to - "Robertson", (not "Miles"), Davies.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Nice.
Attributable to - "Robertson", (not "Miles"), Davies.

Just so. Two of his trilogies - Deptford and Cornish - are among my favorite books on the planet.

 

[Don Kasper]

Thread Killer/Derail Warning!:
Yes. I went on a RD tear a few decades ago...see below.
Who knew that there were actual "Authors" in Canada? I thought they just made great Beer and invented Hockey.

 

[Michael Karn]

Just so. Two of his trilogies - Deptford and Cornish - are among my favorite books on the planet.

You like one better than the other, for recommendation purposes? Or any of his work for that matter? Got a lot of traveling coming in the fall and i'm going to need stuff to read, and i've never gotten around to him

That goes for you too Don...

 

[Jeff Bonny]

You like one better than the other, for recommendation purposes? Or any of his work for that matter? Got a lot of traveling coming in the fall and i'm going to need stuff to read, and i've never gotten around to him

That goes for you too Don...

Read Depford first. Without that you don't have the context for a character that shows up in a couple of the Cornish books. And that aside Fifth Business is one of the best novels of the last fifty years.

 

[Michael Karn]

Beautiful, thanks Jeff

 

[Jeff Bonny]

Thread Killer/Derail Warning!:
Yes. I went on a RD tear a few decades ago...see below.
Who knew that there were actual "Authors" in Canada? I thought they just made great Beer and invented Hockey.

Ha! Please add W.P. Kinsella to your mental list of beer and hockey.

 

[Don Kasper]

That goes for you too Don...

"What's Bred In The Bone" is what got me hooked, even though it is #2 of the Cornish Trilogy.
BTW - there is very little mention of either beer drinking or ice hockey in RD's novels.

 

[Michael Karn]

Thread Killer/Derail Warning!:
Yes. I went on a RD tear a few decades ago...see below.
Who knew that there were actual "Authors" in Canada? I thought they just made great Beer and invented Hockey.

How about Saul Bellow? Born in Montreal

 

[Don Kasper]

Ha! Please add W.P. Kinsella to your mental list of beer and hockey.

I grew up on the US/Canada border (Buffalo, NY), so I have a deep appreciation for your beautiful, peaceful, intelligent, hockey-playin' country:
Molson Golden Ale
Labatt Blue Ale
Howie Meeker (Hockey Night in Canada announcer!)
Peter Gzowski (Talk Show host)
Rocket Richard
Guy LaFleur
Gilbert Perreault/Rick Martin/Rene Robert

Thanks, Eh?!

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

You like one better than the other, for recommendation purposes? Or any of his work for that matter? Got a lot of traveling coming in the fall and i'm going to need stuff to read, and i've never gotten around to him

That goes for you too Don...

The Deptford trilogy is a touchstone book for me - I reread it every 5-10 years. Start there. You can't go wrong.

 

[Don Kasper]

Ha! Please add W.P. Kinsella to your mental list of beer and hockey.

Well, I'm confused by this Wikipedia entry for Mr. Kinsella-
"...His work has often concerned baseball, First Nations people, and other Canadian issues."
***?! Baseball is a "Canadian issue"? Is this a Typo?
Thanks, Jeff.

 

[Jeff Bonny]

Well, I'm confused by this Wikipedia entry for Mr. Kinsella-
"...His work has often concerned baseball, First Nations people, and other Canadian issues."
***?! Baseball is a "Canadian issue"? Is this a Typo?
Thanks, Jeff.

Oh for sure, eh. It goes good with the beer.

 

[Michael Karn]

"What's Bred In The Bone" is what got me hooked, even though it is #2 of the Cornish Trilogy.

The Deptford trilogy is a touchstone book for me - I reread it every 5-10 years. Start there. You can't go wrong.

Thanks gents!