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Synopsis
These are the men of Edgecliff, a farm just outside Toronto in cold, unforgiving Canada. For ten months of the year, they pick tobacco from dawn to dusk, living in a ramshackle cabin with broken-down furniture and questionable plumbing. They all talk about leaving the Program, of taking the chance of living illegally in Canada. Yet year after year they get back on that plane to Barbados, unprepared for the changes that may have occurred in their absence.
Weaving Bajan folklore into the fabric of his tale, Cecil Foster once again celebrates the resilience of the human spirit with a deeply moving glimpse into a world that few of us will ever encounter.
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About the Author
Cecil Foster is the author of several other works, including the critically acclaimed No Man in the House and Sleep On, Beloved. A Place Called Heaven, his study on racism in Canada, won the Gordon Montador Award for Best Canadian Non-Fiction Book on Social Issues. Mr. Foster's latest work is a memoir, Island Wing. He also writes for leading Canadian magazines such as Maclean's, Report on Business and Toronto Life. He lives in Toronto.
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"Cecil Foster kicks up one hell of a class-war fuss and proves he's got stuff enough to show those mediocre storytellers how it's really done... Unforgettable." --The Toronto Star
"I don't know when I've read a more evocative book about black men. Read it and you will see the world differently." --The Vancouver Sun
"Cecil Foster is a wise man with a flair for storytelling... In Slammin' Tar , Foster has broken the familiar and made something universal." --Quill & Quire (*Starred Review)
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These are the men of Edgecliff, a farm just outside Toronto in cold, unforgiving Canada. For ten months of the year, they pick tobacco from dawn to dusk, living in a ramshackle cabin with broken-down furniture and questionable plumbing. They all talk about leaving the Program, of taking the chance of living illegally in Canada. Yet year after year they get back on that plane to Barbados, unprepared for the changes that may have occurred in their absence.
Weaving Bajan folklore into the fabric of his tale, Cecil Foster once again celebrates the resilience of the human spirit with a deeply moving glimpse into a world that few of us will ever encounter.
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Slammin' Tar
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Vintage Books Canada September 1999, 1999
ISBN 10: 0679309837
ISBN 13: 9780679309833
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Condition: 'NF' Notes: Novel of Barbadian tobacco workers in Ontario. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 1041262
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