New Releases by Leon Rooke

A selection of previously published short stories by Rooke, including stories from a book never distributed in Canada, "The broad back of the angel."

Roman over de lotgevallen van Shakespeare''s hond, die ook zo zijn pretenties heeft en zijn baas een beklagenswaardige stakker vindt.

A tour de force of inventive wit Shakespeare''s Dog is the eccentric and high-spirited story of William Shakespeare and how he came to bed and wed Anne Hathaway. Told from the point of view of the Bard''s dog, this astonishing novel of comic bliss, hailed as a triumph of language and an amusing delight.

“Some story collections are as comfortable as plush furniture. But Leon Rooke rips the plush out of the armchairs. His fiction gleams like the chrome and glass of hi-tech.” — Quill & Quire

Also includes blank advertising contract; production biographies for "The Coal Forest" Summer 1990 tour; biography of Leon Rooke and review of his book "A Good Baby" with publicity of its production by Caravan in 1987; references, history, mandate, goals, and objectives of the Caravan Stage Company; lists of past productions, biographies.