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Douglas Glover's avatar

Absolutely could not get away with it, if it weren't real. I really like your phrase "improbable and tightly woven."

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Sub-textural:  Eve mcBride's avatar

I strongly disagree, Douglas. I think The Life & Times of Captain N., and Elle are highly romantic. Not as in 💗 “romance” but in the profound “soulfulness”, tragic or joyous, frailties & strengths, that connects us humans. I grew up with an old textbook of my father’s, (circa 1926) called “The Romance of Canada”. It was compelling and graphically illustrated, revealing a history of Canada that would have made any 12-year-old’s heart beat. It did mine. Especially seeing Dollard slain by a nearly-naked Iroquois.

I have written a novel callled “No Worst There Is None”, which was nominated for an “Arthur Ellis Best First Crime Novel Award” but which is a probing, spiritual look at a family’s grief after the sexual murder of a daughter. An ineffable crime occurs, but the novel is about the aftermath of survival.

The Tyrone Power tale was superb…an intimate story of the fluid, meaningful and mesmerizing synchronicity of existence. You romantic…you.

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