I Do Remember the Fall

M.T. Kelly

ISBN 10: 1550968696 / ISBN 13: 9781550968699

Published by Exile Editions, CA, 2019

About this Item

This is an original, enthralling, wild, viscerally exciting and often bleakly funny urban story about Randy Gogarty. He is a free spirit, full of lust, full of himself, and he's lonely. He sets out for Elk Brain, Saskatchewan, intent to set the newspaper world on fire. But it is he who goes up in flames. Confused by idealism and loyalties, he gets fired and then tries to survive a prairie winter with hard drink, car trips across wide open spaces full of grandeur, and his beloved whom he tells "lovely women eat, a crazy salad with their meat" while pouring canola oil on her body in a cold bedroom. Kelly, according to the Vancouver Sun ".never writes a boring sentence." in a story that emerges from dark reality through a series of sublime ruminations told in an inimitable style-it is full of wonder and life and love, poignant insights, and irrepressible humour as Gogarty ultimately is saved from himself and the dour forces around him in a totally unexpected way. No reader will forget this satirical, desperate, beautiful debut, voted best first novel of the year when it was originally published.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I Do Remember the Fall
• Publisher: Exile Editions, CA
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1550968696
• ISBN 13: 9781550968699
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 263 grams

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Synopsis

This is an original, wild, and often funny story about Randy Gogarty. He is a free spirit, full of lust, full of himself. He sets out for Elk Brain, Saskatchewan, intent on setting the newspaper world ablaze. But it is he who goes up in flames. Confused by idealism and loyalties, he gets fired and then tries to survive a prairie winter through hard drinking, car trips across wide open empty spaces, and traveling with his beloved. And as is sardonically apropos, Randy suffers salvation in a most unexpected way. M.T. Kelly’s I Do Remember the Fall is a gem from the past, and a window on a dramatically less politically correct era. As this new edition proves, it’s as readable, contemporary and outrageously funny as it was when first published in 1977. According to the Vancouver Sun, Kelly “…never writes a boring sentence…” This is certainly true in this story, a series of sublime ruminations told in an inimitable style – full of wonder and life and love, poignant insights, and irrepressible humor. No reader will forget this satirical, desperate, beautiful fiction debut.

About the Author

M. T. Kelly is the author of 8 books of fiction, including the Governor General's Award-winning A Dream Like Mine. He lives in Toronto. Stephen Williams provided the Introduction. Catherine P. Wilson did the nine drawings.