This may not be news to anyone but Stuart McLean's new book, Vinal Cafe Diaries, came out today, with a cover and interior illustrations by Seth. Seth, of Palookaville fame if you have no clue who I'm talking about. The book looks gorgeous, some really nice full page illustrations serving as subject breaks, along with phenomenal facsimile vintage advertisements/coupons on the inside cover.
I'm not sure if any of you know who McLean is, but he does a radio show on Sundays for the CBC called The Vinal Cafe, and has released several previous collections of his stories transcribed -- Home from the Vinal Cafe, Stories from the Vinal Cafe, and Vinal Cafe Unplugged, in addition to this one. He's truly a master Canadian storyteller and damn funny to boot, having won the Stephen Leacock award too many times to count. (Now, if you don't know who Leacock is, you've got problems.) I've only had a chance to flip through the book so far, but it looks like this one has the story about Dave alone in a hotel room with a duck, that honestly has to be read to be believed. That story alone will have you in stitches.
It's published by Penguin, ISBN: 0670044369. You know you want it.
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