Vile Spirits
An exhilarating page-turner set in 1920s Vancouver post prohibition, when liquor was the fuel driving big business, big government-and major crime. In this spellbinding follow-up to his mystery The White Angel, John MacLachlan Gray captures the spirit of Vancouver in those gritty, gin-soaked days, as the city was remaking itself between wars.Alcohol is once again legal in Vancouver after the failed experiment of prohibition, but pro-temperance sentiments remain strong. Politicians like Attorney-General Gordon Cunning attempt appeasement by establishing the Liquor Control Board, which oversees supply, from the lofty circles of power down to bl…
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- ISBN: 978-1-77162-278-3
- EAN: 9781771622783
- Produktnummer: 37377887
- Verlag: Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
John MacLachlan Gray is a playwright, composer and theatre director, responsible for many acclaimed productions, most notably Billy Bishop Goes to War (1978). He has authored several books, fiction and non-fiction, including most recently The White Angel (Douglas & McIntyre, 2017). An Officer of the Order of Canada, Gray lives in Vancouver, BC.
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