First published in 1972,
Going Down Slow is an intense and very funny novel about one mans attempt to maintain his sanity, and his sense of humour, in the face of mounting odds. Metcalf’s young hero, David Appleby, a young school teacher just over from Britain, is pitted against small-mindedness, prejudice, and temptations that are generations old. The writing is, as one would expect of anything by Metcalf, of the highest order.
Going Down Slow is a sharp and biting satire, and an unforgettable novel.
Over de auteur
John Metcalf: John Metcalf was Senior Editor at the Porcupine’s Quill until 2005, and is now Fiction Editor at Biblioasis. A scintillating writer and an almost magisterial editor and anthologist, he is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and non-fiction, including
Standing Stones: Selected Stories, Adult Entertainment, Going Down Slow and
Kicking Against the Pricks. He lives in Ottawa with his wife, Myrna.
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