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Stuart McLean (1) (1948–2017)

Autor(a) de Vinyl Cafe Unplugged

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31 Works 2,975 Membros 73 Reviews 9 Favorited

About the Author

Andrew Stuart McLean was born in Montreal, Canada on April 19, 1948. He received a bachelor's degree from Sir George Williams University in 1971. He moved into radio broadcasting after managing a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation journalist's successful campaign for the Montreal City Council. His mostrar mais early career involved producing documentaries for Sunday Morning, a current affairs program on the CBC's main English radio network. He was best known for his long-running weekly variety radio show The Vinyl Café. The show was first broadcast in the summer of 1994 and stopped production in late 2015 because of his cancer diagnosis. He wrote 11 books of stories from the program and won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour three times. He taught journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto for 20 years. He died on February 15, 2017 at the age of 68. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras de Stuart McLean

Vinyl Cafe Unplugged (2000) 491 cópias
Home from the Vinyl Cafe (1998) 473 cópias
Stories from the Vinyl Cafe (1995) 439 cópias
Vinyl Cafe Diaries (2003) 351 cópias
Secrets from the Vinyl Cafe (2006) 214 cópias
Extreme Vinyl Cafe (2009) 140 cópias
Revenge of the Vinyl Cafe (2012) 86 cópias
When We Were Young (1996) 81 cópias
The Vinyl Cafe Notebooks (2010) 75 cópias
Vinyl Cafe Turns the Page (2015) 68 cópias
Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe (2017) 62 cópias

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Occasionally, when I happen to find a hardcover copy of McLean's Vinyl Cafe books, I'll always grab them. I've been listening to, or reading his Vinyl Cafe stories for twenty years now and, while I always remember the funny ones, it's always the poignant ones that catch me off guard.

I love these stories. McLean talked about "the importance of being unimportant" and that's what these disarming stories all have in common. They're just the funny, strange, weird, or heart-tugging stories that you'll hear from your friends and co-workers, but McLean puts this lovely polish on them that makes them so comforting, you can't help but smile after each one.

I miss Stuart McLean.
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TobinElliott | 1 outra resenha | Feb 12, 2024 |
Loved this. Perfect short story length to read in the lead-up to Christmas.
 
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ms_rowse | outras 2 resenhas | Dec 24, 2022 |
Classic Stuart McLean with the experiences of Dave, Morley, Stephanie and Sam. Enjoyable light reading.
 
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David-Block | outras 12 resenhas | Sep 21, 2022 |
Goodreads recommended this to me because I'm reading [b:Purity|23754479|Purity|Jonathan Franzen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1438958976l/23754479._SX50_.jpg|43369154]??? I'm pretty sure this book could not be less similar to Purity if it's anything like the radio show. I don't know and I'm not going to read it because that show is one of the most boring things I've ever encountered. I don't care the least bit about Dave and his dad jokes that are billed as witty commentary on Canadian life. Boo. (Not saying anything about the quality of Purity because I've also gotten a little bored with that but for very different reasons).… (mais)
 
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ElspethW | outras 7 resenhas | Feb 26, 2022 |

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Obras
31
Membros
2,975
Popularidade
#8,576
Avaliação
4.0
Resenhas
73
ISBNs
114
Favorito
9

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