Friday, July 8, 2011

Want to Read: Phyllis Brett Young - The Torontonians

A novel of life in Toronto in the 1940s/50s, the tension between downtown and suburbs (when the suburbs didn't extend any further than Leaside), and between old British guard and new immigrants. Sounds strikingly similar to today. This novel has just been re-issued after falling into obscurity after its initial best-selling fame. I'm intrigued...

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