Book description
Eavesdroppings recounts life in the small towns of Ontario
before sin arrived on the Internet - a time when churches were never
locked and parents, not wishing to be disturbed while they listened to
the radio, shooed their children out to play in the dark, unguarded
streets without fear. Here you'll find comedy, outrage, and tragedy
but no disguise. Included are actual events and the names of all
persons involved.
The author tracks the quaint immorality of smalltown sin in the
1930s and its evolution from full-frontal bingo in the churches to the
current degeneracy of nude women wrestling men in vats of Jell-O in
licensed nightclubs, but he never moralizes. Indeed, he provides no
uplifting messages at all - just gossip, which, as Oscar Wilde said,
"is what history is all about and more fun."
Bob Green was born at home in Galt, ONtario, in 1930 and now
resides in Cambridge. He received his journalism degree from Ryerson
but pursued improbable careers in jazz drumming, landscape painting,
and film. He was the principal actor in Barry Greenwald's Golden Palm
Award-winner Metamorphosis at Cannes in 1976. He considers
Eavesdroppings his legacy.
