Canada Made Me (eBook)

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This travelogue-turned-expos of the polite nation at midcentury proved so shocking it took twenty-one yearsdespite initial acclaim when released in 1958to see a Canadian edition. A record of his three-month journey across the country, Norman Levines vision of Canadas seedy and unpleasant underworld is now a laconic classic.Far better than any book Ive ever read about Canada.Mordecai RichlerOne of the most moving, most sad, most deeply felt, savage and loving pieces of autobiography Ive ever read.Charles Causley,BBCMr. Levine is a true artist, who grinds his bonesand anything else he can lay his hands onto make his bread.Bernard Levin,The Sunday TimesNorman Levine sees with a clear eye a good deal of the tragic comedy of human life. And he writes in a marvellously clean, naked prose which is a joy to read.Edward McCourt,The Montrealer