“Don’t you mean, ‘What answer?’” I told him, laughing. “I think you know the answer to that question.” I walked up to his table, put my sandwich in the hamper then set down the hamper. I was carrying a hamper of laundry under my arm and a bagged submarine sandwich in the other, but decided to stop in anyway, seizing on the opportunity to talk with him. It was a cold and dry Montreal morning when I saw him sitting there in the window of the cafe. Because I would never have gotten to this point without my readers, I would like to offer you a taste of the upcoming work. Lightburn and know very little about his life, it is through the use of “Lightfoot’s” meta-biography™ that I will attempt to illuminate my subject, to say nothing of selling what I hope will be a ton more books. It will be called Writing Murray Lightburn, a probing, partly-fictionalized evocation of the troubled life of The Dears’ lead vocalist. I can now announce in this space that my next book will hit the shelves this coming spring. The next issue of NP Posted will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Alas, I walked away from these ideas, but since Writing Gordon Lightfoot appears poised to become the best-selling feelgood text of the Xmas season, I have no choice but to consider continuing this brand and applying it to other subjects.Ī welcome email is on its way. Baseballissimo also yielded similar copycat requests: “Baseballeroo” (the game in Australia), “Baseballstein” (Germany), “Baseballario” (Spain) and “Baseballesque” (France). I was also courted after Tropic of Hockey, in which publishers suggested that I travel abroad to play cricket in Greenland, handball in Egypt, sheep’s head polo on the Isle of Wight and foosball in Turkmenistan. Over the past few months, I have been wined and dined, squeezed and massaged, and approached en mass by publishers wanting to cash in on the popularity of the work, suggesting that I write another book of letters to another notable Canadian. On the heels of the massive, book-grabbing success of my tenth book, Writing Gordon Lightfoot, you can imagine the literary frenzy that now surrounds me. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.

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