Brian Fawcett
Brian Fawcett (1944-2022) is a founding co-editor of dooneyscafe.com. He's the author of many books, including "Cambodia: A book for people who find television too slow" (1986), "Gender Wars" (1994), "Virtual Clearcut, or The Way Things Are in My Hometown" (2003), "Local Matters: A Defence of Dooney's Cafe and other Non-Globalized People, Places, and Ideas" (2003) and "Human Happiness" (2011).
Serafin’s Stardust: Losing the best Canadian writer no one knows about
Brian Fawcett reviews a book by a writer who should have become more important to us than he has
My Buddy Graz is Not Gay
Brian Fawcett makes a somewhat hopeless attempt to quell a rumour that is circulating around Toronto with astonishing vitality.
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David Gilmour, Parent, Movie Critic
Brian Fawcett files a review of David Gilmour's new book about raising
teenagers and watching movies. He likes the book, but isn't so hot
about the way it was presented.
An Irishman’s History of Everything
Brian Fawcett corrects an oversight by posting a 2005 review of Don Akenson's remarkable two volume An Irish History of Civilization, which he thinks might be the best book written in Canada in the last decade. Or two.
Ed Mirvish, RIP
Brian Fawcett files a column about the differences between the late Ed
Mirvish and Conrad Black. He's been thinking about this all summer,
actually.
Dr. Massimo’s Blah, blah, blah
Brian Fawcett shows some irritation with a Canadian book on the various
weird foods around the world, finding the author more weird than
anything he writes about.
White Slob
Brian Fawcett has had enough of Anthony Bourdain and chefs as Darwinist
culture heroes, particularly when they decide to write autobiographies.
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culture heroes, particularly when they decide to write autobiographies.
Finding Julia: A March Report on the Neighbourhood
Brian Fawcett has wandered down the street again, and offers a darkened sense of how the Bloor Street area where Dooney Cafe sits is evolving. And at Costco, he solves a local mystery.
Read MoreWhat a Waste, Mistah Kurtz
Brian Fawcett reviews a bad book by a person he hasn’t heard
from in 35 years.
BiC and Black
Brian Fawcett, with considerable help from Stan Persky, files a long analysis of Adrian and Olga Stein's essay "Auto da Fe: Conrad Black, Corporate Governance and the End of Economic Man", which recently appeared in Books In Canada
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