GEORGE SPROTT, Seth

I was clearing a corner of the office when I came across this, which I bought in 2099 (it’s the oversized hardcover). For me, it’s Seth’s most charming work. Originally a serial in the New York Times, it’s the life story of a Canadian television personality told through the memories of those who had connections to him. There’s a Guy Maddin-y sort of lost Canadianness to it, to my eye, as well as the sense of lost media culture and lost ways of living and exploring. A lost sense of wonder.

There is melancholy to it. There’s regret, and the mess of life. But it’s so beautifully done. It may actually be my favourite work of his.

GEORGE SPROTT (UK) (US+)