Robert Chambers Edwards (1860 -- 1922) delighted discerning readers, scandalized prudes, and shattered the conventions of journalism with his series of self--published one--man newspapers. The first collection of Edwards writings in over twenty--five years, Irresponsible Freaks, Highball Guzzlers & Unabashed Grafters captures the man in his many, oft contradictory guises: hard--drinking journalist, accomplished fiction writer, Prohibition booster, impish idol--toppler, free--thinker, reluctant MLA and self--promoter. An incendiary wordsmith, Bob Edwards pasquinades blend fact and fiction with mischievous abandon. The spiritual father of The Onion? At least. A Canadian original? Completely! Allan Fotheringham has been a journalist and columnist for nearly 50 years, first with the Vancouver Sun, for nearly three decades with Maclean's, and more recently with the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and Zoomer. He has published eight previous books, including Fotheringham's Fictionary of Facts & Follies and Malice in Blunderland. "Dr. Foth" lives in Toronto.
Bob Edwards was the finest journalist Canada has ever know the
pleasure of reading. --Macleans-- (09/15/2005)
An impressive compilation of quotations . . . by this master of the
written word. --Alberta History-- (09/15/2005)
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