Mark Anthony Jarman
1) Knife Party
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The extraordinary "Knife Party" is from a new collection of stories by Mark Anthony Jarman titled Knife Party at the Hotel Europa, published in the spring of 2015. Published on the occasion of Goose Lane Edition's 60th anniversary, it is also part of the six@sixty collection.
2) Czech Techno
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From the author of 19 Knives and My White Planet comes a brilliant suite of stories built around music and travel. Whether it's a band coming apart at the ruins of Pompeii, or tours through Napoli's "volcanic dust and volcanic drugs and jackal-headed bedlam" or a nostalgic stroll past the homeless in Victoria's inner harbour while "gentle Tunisian techno" rides the breeze above addicts as weighted as Shakespearean characters … "lit rock and tiny...
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First published in 1997 to much critical acclaim, Salvage King, Ya! is a novel firmly rooted in Canada's favourite national pastime-hockey. Drinkwater, Jarman's narrator, is the "heir reluctant" of the family business (the salvage company of the book's title) and an aspiring NHL defenceman. His life hurtles between the hockey rink, the junkyard, the road, and the three women in his life: The Intended, the mesmerizing Waitress X, and ex-wife Kathy....