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Title: IRRESPONSIBLE FREAKS, HIGHBALL GUZZLERS & UNABASHED GRAFTERS
A BOB EDWARDS CHRESTOMATHY
By: Bob Edwards, James Martin (Editor), Allan Fotheringham
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0973248157
ISBN 13: 9780973248159
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Publisher: BRINDLE AND GLASS PUBLISHING, LTD
Pub. date: 1 September, 2005
Pages: 272
Synopsis: Bob Edwards, the Great White North's equivalent to H L Mencken, remains a singular figure in Canadian journalism. His newspapers, published in Wetaskiwin, Leduc, High River, Strathcona, Winnipeg, Port Arthur, and most famously Calgary, skewered politics, society, and business leaders with a fearlessness and outrageousness rarely seen then, now, or in between. As editor James Martin points out in his illuminating introduction, Bob Edwards seems more modern the farther back in history he recedes; he was the granddaddy of Gonzo Journalism a la Hunter S. Thompson, a freewheeling cultural critic in the spirit of Lester Bangs, a pioneer of satirical reform as evidenced in Frank magazine, and a spoofer of the po-faced reporting of his day in precisely the same way that The Onion is now. "Irresponsible Freaks, Highball Guzzlers and Unabashed Grafters" features mountains of Edwards' superb aphorisms, a generous helping of his longer and lesser-known works, and some choice items which have never before seen print, as well as miraculous archival discoveries and many cartoons from Edwards' celebrated "Eye Opener".It is a welcome addition to the Bob Edwards canon for those who thought they knew everything about him, and an eye-opening introduction to the uninitiated: 'He was writing this stuff a hundred years ago'.
Illustrations: b/w illus
Publication: Canada
Imprint: Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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