Well folks, here's another one to strike from my list of things to read. (Yes I know, I read very fast, but I spent most of my day at home, reading (I mean, I went to the library for a bit but, for the most part, I was reading).
Well, Stuart McLean has done it again, with this instalment in the Vinyl Café series we delve into the...um...Secrets, behind the series (sort of). See, it's secondary title is "Closer to the Truth than We've Ever Been" and it delves into the, I won't say crime ridden, necessarily, but interesting sides of the characters. In this book is contained an account of the misdemeanours and crimes of the neighbours and friends of Dave and Morely. It's split into 5 sections, Passion, Double Lives, Lies and Betrayal, Civil Disobedience and Arson, Theft and Petty Crime. As you can probably guess, it's chocked full of interesting tales and anecdotes from the April Fool's jokes that Kenny and Dave play on each other to the incident with the chemistry set.
This book, this selection of hand picked tales from the Vinyl Café, is wonderful, funny, sometimes cringe worthy, especially if you usually suffer from second hand embarrassment on behalf of your favourite fictional characters or friends but definitely worth the read. From beginning to end this book will have you smiling and laughing.
As I mentioned before The Vinyl Café is also a podcast done by CBC Radio 1 and can be downloaded on iTunes or you can tune in to CBC Radio 1 at noon on Sundays. (Well, it's noon for my timezone at least) they have a website you can check out for more info
http://www.cbc.ca/vinylcafe/home.php
Until next time keep reading, check out iTunes for lots of great podcasts and stay tuned, my next review shouldn't be to far behind.
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