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Dorothy Dumbrille’s Communist Manifestation
by Brian Busby
by Brian Busby
Dorothy Dumbrille’s 1945 novel, “All This Difference”
Browsing: The Dusty Bookcase
Brian Busby’s regular column focuses on CanLit’s ignored, neglected, forgotten, and suppressed.
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Nurse Grant’s Heart Problems
by Brian Busby
by Brian Busby
A diagnosis of “Backstage Nurse” (1963) the first of W.E.D Ross’ 57 nurse-themed novels, written pseudonymously as Jane Rossiter.
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The Hudson’s Bay Company Is Evil
by Brian Busby
by Brian Busby
A caninocidal Hudson’s Bay Company is the villain in this Jack London-inspired tale by Canada’s greatest pulp-fiction writer.
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Mrs. Fleming’s Worst Marriage?
by Brian Busby
by Brian Busby
The most reprinted work by Canada’s first bestselling author depicts a world of widows and widowers.
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A Great War Veteran’s Pre-War Thriller
by Brian Busby
by Brian Busby
Benge Atlee’s thriller “Black Feather” (1939) was intended as escapist fiction—then history got in the way.
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The Honesty’s Too Much
by Brian Busby
by Brian Busby
Statutory rape and self-loathing figure prominently in singer-songwriter Dan Hill’s semi-autobiographical novel from 1983.
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To Serve, and To Serve and Protect
by Brian Busby
by Brian Busby
Frances Shelley Wees’ Toronto-set 1958 mystery revolves around the disappearance of a sweet but dull-witted teenaged domestic servant.
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A Thriller Writer’s Very Bad Career Move
by Brian Busby
by Brian Busby
In 1970 Kenneth Orvis took a break from thrillers to write a novel about evangelism. He would not rise again.
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Ted Allan’s Non-Stop Family Theatre
by Brian Busby
by Brian Busby
A casual exploration of Canada’s suppressed, ignored, and forgotten literature
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Tour de Force Reawakens
by Brian Busby
by Brian Busby
Trivial Pursuit almost seems an answer to a trivia question today, but in 1982 it enjoyed a magical Christmas as…