Nick: A Montreal Life: Nick Auf Der Maur - Softcover

Auf Der Maur, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550651145 ISBN 13: 9781550651140

Publisher: Véhicule Press, 1998

Synopsis

”Nick Auf der Maur was in journalism and politics. He thought there was honor in both. He also thought both should be fun. He was primarily a newspaper columnist, not a crusader, but a storyteller in love with his city, Montreal. When he wrote about other cities, he always used Montreal as his point of reference. When he became ill with cancer over Christmas of 1996, he decided to share his news with his Montreal Gazette readers. Some of his best work was done in the last year of his life. He faced illness with courage and good humor, and he touched a deeply responsive chord in his readers.” —from the Preface by L. Ian MacDonald

Among Nick's friends who contributed anecdotes to Nick: A Montreal Life are Warren Allmand, Benoit Aubin, Hubert Bauch, Conrad Black, Margaret Davidson, Josh Freed, Allan Fotheringham, Leon Harris, Oliver Irwin, John Lynch-Staunton, Margo MacGillivray, Brian McKenna, Robin McKenna, Terry Mosher, Brian Mulroney, Nathalie Petrowski, Mark Phillips, Stephen Phizicky, Jacob Richler, Juan Rodriguez, Mark Starowicz, Brian Stewart, Dr. Roger Tabah, Lisa Van Dusen, and Anthony Wilson-Smith.

About this title

About the Author:

Dave Bist is an editor at the Montreal Gazette.

Review:

“Nick was a cherished friend. An original. And the columns collected here are as near as we will ever get to a self-portrait of an endearing, if somewhat exasperating, man, blessed with all the right instincts and prejudices.” —Mordecai Richler

About this edition

• Publisher: Véhicule Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1550651145
• ISBN 13: 9781550651140
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 432