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The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion
by Stephen Massicotte
Two heroes return home from
the First World War. Lawrence of Arabia is a leader without an army.
Robert Graves is a poet who can’t forget. Suffering the aftermath
of the war and foreseeing the dawning of new ones, the Oxford Roof Climbers,
the Benevolent Order of, lay siege to a sleepy university town. A stand
against stands, a dare to end all daring, a doing that protests doings;
the two haunted men—armed with a talent for practical jokes—grasp
at love and dare to imagine a new world. The Oxford Roof Climber's
Rebellion, despite its harmless beginnings, brings the Arab Revolt
dangerously close to the heart of the Empire.
“It’s here that Massicotte
is at his most graceful and amiable as a writer.” —The Globe
and Mail
“…marvellous writing.”
—Ottawa Xpress
“…crisp, intelligent, witty,
ironic and at times very moving… a fascinating study of the effects
of trauma on these men who were literary landmarks of the 20th Century.”
—CBC “Ottawa Morning”
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