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list price: $13
edition:Paperback
category: Fiction
published: May 2003
ISBN:9781895636499
publisher:
Anvil Press
Description
When jazz musicians of the “30s and “40s were gettin” down, when things were really cookin” they—d say, Yeah, make it tight like that. It meant things were good, as good as they could get. It's a good thing in fiction, too. The stories in Jim Christy's latest collection span time and space, taking us from the depression-era Deep South to the modern-day Vancouver commute. Private eyes. Old drunks. Yuppies, hippies, and everyone in between gets the trademark Christy work-over. He roughs “em up until they show their mettle. His characters inhabit a world where one wrong move, no matter how small, can set in motion the direst of consequences. Luckily, they don—t let it get in the way of having a fine old time. Compelling, transforming, this collection makes you long for the days when a cup of coffee cost a dime, and dignity wasn—t for sale.
Contributor Notes
Jim Christy is a writer, artist, and tireless traveller. The author of twenty books, including poetry, short stories, novels, travel, and biography, Christy has been praised by writers as diverse as Charles Bukowski and Sparkle Hayter. His travels have taken him from the Yukon to the Amazon, Greenland to Cambodia. He has covered wars and exhibited his art internationally. Raised in the slums of Philadelphia, he moved to Toronto when he was 23 years old and became a Canadian citizen at the first opportunity. He currently makes his home on BC's Sunshine Coast.
