tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13671349522569793152012-02-16T01:37:11.791-08:00The Canal: a readingFat Rolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367134952256979315.post-66549858049999302762010-08-09T05:37:00.000-07:002010-08-10T13:31:28.255-07:00<div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lee Rourke: The Canal</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">September 11th 5:30pm</span></b></div><b style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Blackwell bookshop, Manchester </span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Rourke is the "leading light of the self-styled Off-Beat Generation." The Guardian</span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The book:</span> </span></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">A </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">deeply compelling tale of a man who finds his life so boring it frightens him. So he quits his job to spend some time sitting on a bench beside a quiet canal in a placid London neighbourhood. His solace is soon interrupted when a jittery young woman tells him a chilling story about a terrible act she committed, something for which she just can't forgive herself... (<a href="http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/The_Canal/9781935554011">The book on Blackwell.co.uk</a> / <a href="http://mhpbooks.com/">The publisher</a>.)</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The author:</span></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> Lee Rourke is a London-based writer and editor. He is the author of the short story collection Everyday. He has also written for numerous national newspapers as well as book blogs such as Ready, Steady, Book. </span><span style="font-size: large;">He is contributing editor for <a href="http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/">3:AM Magazine</a> and blogs at <a href="http://www.scarecrowcomment.blogspot.com/">SPONGE!</a> (<a href="http://leerourke.blogspot.com/">Lee's website</a>.)</span><br /><br /><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"A story assembled from everyday objects, unassumingly and quietly, that stuns and horrifies by increments...</span></b></span></div><div style="color: black;"><br /></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"The Canal may look, at first glance, like a love story, but it harnesses the power of parable." </span></b></span></div><div style="color: black;"><br /></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Wray, author of Lowboy </span></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;">Share this shizzle by the power of the internet: </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1367134952256979315-6654985804999930276?l=leerourkeatblackwell.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fat Rolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.com