Home from the Vinyl Cafe: A Year of Stories - Hardcover

McLean, Stuart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067088216X ISBN 13: 9780670882168

Publisher: Viking, 1998

Synopsis

Welcome to the Vinyl Cafe. Motto: "We May Not Be Big, But We're Small". Introducing Dave, owner of a downtown Toronto record store and his wife, Morley, and chronicling their valiant attempts to rise to the challenges of modern life. In these hymns to common foibles and absurdities, nothing ever quite goes according to plan. A sleepover for ten small boys ends abruptly after an inadvertent screening of 'The Night of the Zombies'; a family holiday is interrupted by a surprising feline discovery under the bonnet of the car; a balding guinea pig runs up a vet's bill for $563.30; and, preparations for Christmas dinner unexpectedly involve an electric blanket, a hair dryer, a bottle of scotch and a hotel bill. Along the way, Dave and Morley battle to maintain perspective on the idiosyncrasies of elderly parents, teenage children, friends, neighbours, and unannounced guests.

About this title

Review:

"* 'This is the kind of book that could rescue you from a reading drought' Daily Mail * 'The tales here exude a genuine warmth which is quite irresistible... Class stuff' Evening Herald (Dublin) * stories of family life have the same blend of charm and humour as the No1 Ladies Detective series' James Daunt, The Times"

About the Author:

Stuart McLean hosts The Vinyl Cafe twice weekly on CBC Radio, reaching 700,000 listeners. His stories have all been bestsellers in Canada, and he has twice won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour - for Home from the Vinyl Cafe and Vinyl Cafe Unplugged. Vinyl Cafe Unplugged is published by Granta this month.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 067088216X
• ISBN 13: 9780670882168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272