Because you, the fans, demanded it:
May 1970. Richard Rohmer goes to Leningrad to talk about
icebreakers and arctic sovereignty.
“Vodka, of course, was
on the table during these meetings, an element that appears in any of my
novels that deal with Russia or the Soviet Union, including John A.’s Crusade…
Wait for it…
… in which Sir John A.
is in Russia and eats a loaf of bread before a meeting with the Russian foreign
minister, Gorchakov.”
-- Generally Speaking, p. 364
This has got to be the weirdest 40-year running joke in
Canadian literature.
Before Lexie graduates in May, we have to meet at the Royal
York and toast the Major-General. I have
an idea for what we should eat and drink, but I don’t want to spoil the
surprise.
It's a plan. But let's make it the bar at the King Edward. “They’ve done a great job in remodelling the place… Beautifully done.”
ReplyDeleteAnd then a walking tour past the site where Winston's once was.
ReplyDeleteWe'll always have Parliament Hill.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe not.