Sentimentalists

Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada: Gaspereau Pr, 2009 With Regard To This Book, The Globe And Mail Wote, "Undoubtedly The Most Obscure Book Ever To Win A Major Literary Award In Canada, The Sentimentalists Was Hand-Printed More Than A Year Ago By The Tiny Publisher In Kentville, N.S., In An Edition Of 800 Copies, Most Of Which Had Disappeared By The Time The Three Giller Judges Announced Their Short Lists. Gaspereau Publisher Andrew Steeves Subsequently Raised Eyebrows By Refusing A Commercial Publisher's Offer To Produce A Second Edition For Wide Distribution. "If You Are Going To Buy A Copy Of That Book In Canada, It's Damn Well Coming Out Of My Shop," He Told The Globe And Mail." This Copy, Which Is In Near Fine Condition In A Near Fine Dust Jacket Has The Notation "C 82" And Eight Signatures On The Title Page, Of Which I Fancy That One Is The Author And Another Is Gary Dunfield Of Gaspereau Press. Further Exploration On The Internet Placed Some Of The Others: Mentioned On The Gaspereau Press Website: Gary Dunfield ¿ Publisher, Trina Grant-Adam ¿ Marketing & Promotion, Matt Maclean ¿ Press Operator And Connie Sheppard ¿ Finishing. The Gaspereau Blogspot Provided Two More: " 25 Oct 2010 Gaspereau Press Hosted Another Successful Wayzgoose And Open House This Weekend." Photo Captions Identified Basma Kavanagh And Laura Macdonald, Also Employees At The Press. That Leaves Just One Unidentified Signature, More Like Initials, Possibly Tw Or Even "Sue." Cover Has The Giller Winner Sticker.