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Rupert Goldmann's "memoirs" trace the story of his life as a child-prodigy cello virtuoso, his flirtations and relationships, his experiences as an unrewarded composer, and his eventual, much-interrupted attempt to retreat into the world of his imagination.
Brief description: Sky Gilbert is an author, playwright, director, and drag queen extraordinaire. He studied at York University and obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. In 1978, he co-founded Buddies in Bad Times, now the largest and longest-running queer theatre company in the world. Sky is the author of eight previous novels, more than thirty plays, three volumes of poetry, and three works of non-fiction. He has been awarded three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the Pauline McGibbon Award, and the Silver Ticket Award, and has a street named after him in Toronto. In 2005, he won the ReLit Award for his fourth novel, An English Gentleman, published by Cormorant Books.
Review Quotes: "... a thoughtful exploration of the travails of a brilliantly tortured mind, an effortless interweaving of fiction and history, and the affection of closeness with the subject matter and the real people by whom it is cherished. Gilbert's voice has the surety of experience and study, as well as that of an author who can look back upon their successful oeuvre."--Matt Usher "Compulsive Reader"