Description
The Lord Nelson Tavern: a Halifax watering hole in the early 1960s. The group of young university students who hang out there--a ramshackle coterie of aspiring artists, economists, poets, and philosophers--come together to gossip and ponder the big questions of art and life, all the while pining after the vain and untouchable Francesca. Though these friends soon drift apart, their early rivalries, jealousies and conquests will continue to reverberate. In the novel's seven interlocking sequences, Ray Smith explores the often decisive and even fatal impact of seemingly innocuous choices upon the course of our lives. With unforgettable scenes that marry the sacred and the profane, and with structural innovations that recall the works of Barthelme and Nabokov, Lord Nelson Tavern is a must-read cult-classic of Canadian fiction.
New collectible format with typographic treatment as part of series re-brand (c.f. Melville House's Novella series, tho larger format) National print campaign pitching trade-focussed reviews on process stories (PW, Kirkus, LJ, Bookforum, Foreword, Shelf Awareness, B&N, Contemporary Literature, About.com, GalleyCat, The Millions, Huffington Post, Slate, TLS, LRB) Promotions to coincide with Biblioasis's 10th anniversary (Oct 7, 2012) Renditions Series advertising in: Quill & Quire, Publishers Weekly, Shelf Awareness, Library Journal Promotional postcards ("Cocky, Cranky, Carnal ... Canadian?") & ephemera at BEA Wide range promotional postcard copy mailing (1000+)
About the Author
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), Cape Breton is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada, Century, and The Flush of Victory: Jack Bottomly Among the Virgins, all published by Biblioasis.
Book Information
ISBN 9781927428979
Author Ray Smith
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Biblioasis
Publisher Biblioasis
Weight(grams) 240g
New collectible format with typographic treatment as part of series re-brand (c.f. Melville House's Novella series, tho larger format) National print campaign pitching trade-focussed reviews on process stories (PW, Kirkus, LJ, Bookforum, Foreword, Shelf Awareness, B&N, Contemporary Literature, About.com, GalleyCat, The Millions, Huffington Post, Slate, TLS, LRB) Promotions to coincide with Biblioasis's 10th anniversary (Oct 7, 2012) Renditions Series advertising in: Quill & Quire, Publishers Weekly, Shelf Awareness, Library Journal Promotional postcards ("Cocky, Cranky, Carnal ... Canadian?") & ephemera at BEA Wide range promotional postcard copy mailing (1000+)
About the Author
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), Cape Breton is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada, Century, and The Flush of Victory: Jack Bottomly Among the Virgins, all published by Biblioasis.
Book Information
ISBN 9781927428979
Author Ray Smith
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Biblioasis
Publisher Biblioasis
Weight(grams) 240g
