Raymond Fraser

• Feb-2016
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The Definitive Edition Revised and corrected by the author "What William Burroughs's novel "Junky" is to drug addiction, Raymond Fraser's "Rum River" is to alcoholism." EUGENE PETERS, Essayist & critic "A raw, at times almost abrasive, emotional ho...

• Mar-2015
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Set in the years 1964-65, "Seasons of Discontent" is a spirited and captivating sequel to two of the author's best-known novels, The Bannonbridge Musicians" and In Another Life." "I didn't think there would be a better book than In Another Life," but...

• Sep-2014
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A new edition revised and edited by the author. Nominated for the Governor General's Award for Fiction in 1978, Raymond Fraser's relentlessly funny third novel tells the story of a group of young Maritimers forever dreaming of "goin' down the...

• Jan-2014
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THE BLACK HORSE TAVERN is Raymond Fraser's landmark first book of fiction. Revised and edited by the author, this long-awaited definitive edition features a novella and nine stories, along with a new Introduction"All ten stories in THE BLACK HORSE TA...

• Sep-2013
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THE STRUGGLE OUTSIDE "ln the mad few days covered by the novel the conspirators' power struggle rages in an atmosphere of surreal humor. But this is more than a funny book. Today's news about guerrilla forces like this make the story disturbingly pla...

• Aug-2013
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"IN ANOTHER LIFE is heart-warming and heart-wrenching all at once. It's the real deal, a genuine masterpiece of storytelling, sadly beautiful, and perhaps Fraser's finest work to date." STEPHEN PATRICK CLARE, The Book Club, Halifax "A masterfully cr...

• Aug-2013
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In THE MADNESS OF YOUTH author Raymond Fraser digs into the disreputable past of a respected poetry-writing librarian. Set in the Maritimes and Montreal, the novel paints a striking picture of wayward youth in the early sixties "Reading Fraser's writ...

• Jul-2013
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THE GRUMPY MAN is Raymond Fraser's fourth collection of short fiction, and features 23 stories and the definitive version of his classic novella, "The Quebec Prison" "One of Canada's top writers at the top of his game. A great read " GAIL MACMILLAN, ...

• Jun-2013
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Raymond Fraser's books have been called powerful, insightful, moving, irreverent, disturbing and outrageously funny. Filled with an unforgettable cast of characters, COSTA BLANCA features a novella and stories set in Spain, Boston, Toronto and the ea...

• May-2012
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In this tale of neo-gothic horror Haliberton "Bertie" Beaumont, heir to the Beaumont shipping fortune, schemes to seduce the pretty young daughter of Matthias Gogg, a fundamentalist religious fanatic who secretly believes in human sacrifice... .........

• Nov-2003
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"IN A CLOUD OF DUST AND SMOKE is a beautiful novel, written from the heart - it has a wonderful truth to it. The author handles the story of a young boy in love better than anyone else I've ever read." FRED COGSWELL, poet & critic ........ "A fine, f...