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Five LegsNew editionBy (author): Graeme Gibson Introduction by: Sean KaneGraeme Gibson ,Introduction by :
Sean KaneImprint:
A List - TorontoISBN:
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General TradeOct 13, 2012$14.95 CAD
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8.5in x 5.5 x 0.62 in | 0.72 lbPage Count:
280 pagesHouse of Anansi Press IncA ListFICTION / Literary- Short Description
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The subversive tale of two guilt-ridden young men caught in the grip of the North American Protestant ethic, with its emotional and sexual torments.First published by Anansi in 1969, Five Legs was a breakthrough for Canadian experimental fiction, selling 1,000 copies in its first week. At the time Scott Symons wrote that "Five Legs has more potent writing in it, page for page, than any other young Canadian novel that I can think of." Or indeed any young American novel — including Pynchon and Farina.
Five Legs is the subversive tale of two guilt-ridden young men, Lucan Crackell and Felix Oswald — one a professor, the other his student — caught in the grip of the North American Protestant ethic, with its emotional web-spinning and sexual torments. Gibson captures both their mortifications and their spirited resistance to all things WASP, themselves included, in stream-of-consciousness prose that is at once fluid, disjointed, and hilarious. Essential reading for any Canlit junkie, and quite a trip. This edition features a new introduction by Sean Kane.
