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Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Language
English
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Description
David Bidini, rhythm guitarist with the Rheostatics, knows all too well what the life of a rock band in Canada involves: storied arenas one tour and bars wallpapered with photos of forgotten bands the next. Zit-speckled fans begging for a guitar pick and angry drunks chucking twenty-sixers and pint glasses. Opulent tour buses riding through apocalyptic snowstorms and cramped vans that reek of dope and beer. Brilliant performances and heart-sinking...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Canada
Language
English
Description
Canada's foremost hockey storyteller goes in search of his boyhood idol, the famously reclusive former captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Dave Keon. Told in two narratives - one from the point of view of the young Bidini growing up in Toronto in the early 70s and one from the perspective of the man looking for his absent hero - "Keon and Me" tells not only the story of a hockey icon who has haunted Toronto for decades, but a life lived in parallel...
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