tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post3570086171166561805..comments2024-03-26T16:09:11.452-03:00Comments on Fly-by-night: Check the attic: Paperbacks turn golden Part IIIbowdlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504137974544195250noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post-25832317916415731422011-12-20T11:17:31.179-04:002011-12-20T11:17:31.179-04:00I had missed the The Governess confusion.
This ar...I had missed the The Governess confusion.<br /><br />This article reminds of the level of journalism that mid size Canadian cities suffer with. Two that I'm familiar with, The Sudbury Star and Halifax Herald, are horrendous newspapers. The paperback article would fit in very well with either of them.bowdlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504137974544195250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post-65674599806940664132011-12-20T10:29:09.583-04:002011-12-20T10:29:09.583-04:00'Check the Attic' is such an odd and oddly...'Check the Attic' is such an odd and oddly inept piece, particularly when one considers it was written by the newspaper's paperback columnist. No fact checking here.<br /><br />Mention of John Glassco comes as a bit of a surprise. After all, neither <i>The English Governess</i> nor <i>Harriet Marwood, Governess</i> appeared until the 'sixties. Not exactly the time period Mr Abrams is focussing on here. And then we have the typical confusion over the two novels. <i>The Governess</i> was the title given to the 1967 pirated edition of <i>The English Governess</i> (a novel that wouldn't be published in Canada until 2001). <br /><br />Must say, it was very charitable of Mr Abrams to refer to Thomas P. Kelley as an "historian"... even if he got the name wrong.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.com