This book was a bunch of short stories. I have never heard or seen any of the Vinyl Cafe series so I'm not familiar with the storyline at all, however I did enjoy the gist of the stories. I didn't read all of the stories completely (yes, I admit, I skimmed the book), however I did enjoy what I ...
This volume contains: Hello, Monster – Annie’s Turn – Macaulay’s Mountain – Tour de Dave – The House Next Door – Summer of Stars – Rhoda’s Revenge – Fish Head – Rosemary Honey – The Haunted House of Cupcakes – Midnight in the Garden of Envy – The Black Beast of Margaree – Curse of the Crayfish – ...
With his usual humour, Stuart McLean takes us into the lives of Dave, Morley, Stephanie and Sam. These iconic characters are so real, you feel, as you read, that you know these people, and the stories you are reading are memories of past conversations. The laughter, the sorrow, all the emotion...
Stories included in “Vinyl Cafe Unplugged”: – Arthur – Galway – The Fly – Christmas Presents – Harrison Ford’s Toes – Dorothy – The Last Kind Word Blues – The Bare Truth – Susan is Serious – Odd Jobs – The Razor’s Edge – Morley’s Christmas Pageant – Figs – Love Never EndsIf you read many of Stuar...
He went on a Thursday night and stayed until Sunday afternoon. While he was there, Dave took down the storm windows and put up the screens. He turned the garden, raked the twigs off the lawn and cleaned out the eaves. In the evenings, he walked with his mother into town to buy ice cream. He stopp...
I was sitting beside her, my feet on the dash, a map in my lap. We were heading west along the Trans-Canada Highway. We had left Winnipeg after breakfast, and now were coming up on Portage la Prairie, where we were meant to cut off onto the Yellowhead. We made the turn and continued northwest, pa...
Emil was rocking back and forth with a vacant expression until Dave said, “Hello,” and Emil stopped rocking and cheerfully said, “Morning.” Dave was headed across the street to his store. He was halfway there when he remembered he was supposed to buy a bottle of wine. He frowned and slowed down a...