In his first novel, Stanley Park , Taylor brought readers into the inner workings of the Vancouver culinary scene, writing evocatively about everything from divine local ingredients to kitchen politics. In Story House , he takes on the rarefied world of architectural design - with some boxing, fishing and reality TV thrown in. Graham and Elliot Gordon are half-brothers, six months apart, the only sons of Packer Gordon, a famous architect. Graham is the natural son of Packer and his wife. Elliot is the product of Packer's ...
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In his first novel, Stanley Park , Taylor brought readers into the inner workings of the Vancouver culinary scene, writing evocatively about everything from divine local ingredients to kitchen politics. In Story House , he takes on the rarefied world of architectural design - with some boxing, fishing and reality TV thrown in. Graham and Elliot Gordon are half-brothers, six months apart, the only sons of Packer Gordon, a famous architect. Graham is the natural son of Packer and his wife. Elliot is the product of Packer's dalliance with a mistress. The boys are openly hostile towards each other, always have been, and when they reach their mid-teens, Packer decides they will settle their differences in a boxing ring. He takes them to Pogey Nealon, a retired fighter who runs a gym out of the basement of his house on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. There, after eight weeks of training, the brothers box three rounds that will change their lives forever, as their father watches it all from a distance far greater than ringside: through the lens of his Bolex camera. Some twenty-odd years later, both Pogey and Packer are dead, and it comes to light that Pogey's house - the scene of Graham and Elliot's pivotal battle - was likely an early design of Packer Gordon. Now deserted, the boarded-up building is home only to decades-worth of Pogey's papers and film reels, and a slow rot that eats away at the walls. Graham is an architect himself, gaining recognition not only for his last name but his own work; he's recently separated from his wife Esther and at a loss for how to make things work. Elliot is an importer of counterfeit brand-name products who works out of an old hotel on Hastings, and is married to a beautiful woman named Deirdre who gave up architecture to raise their young twins. The brothers' paths have only crossed twice in the intervening years, and for both, that was twice too many. In spite of their differences, which have only been magnified over time, Graham and Elliot agree to cooperate in restoring the house at 55 Mary Street, with enthusiastic help from the producer of the hit reality TV show Unexpected Architecture . It's a seemingly doomed venture, but will make for great television. And as the plans for preserving Packer Gordon's legacy begin to come together, there's not only a surprising amount of collaboration, but cautious optimism that they might just pull it off. Yet nobody is prepared for what actually takes place when the cameras roll.
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Good. Hardcover Good Ships From Canada 449 pages Book Description: In his first novel, Stanley Park, Taylor brought readers into the inner workings of the Vancouver culinary scene, writing evocatively about everything from divine local ingredients to kitchen politics In Story House, he takes on the rarefied world of architectural design with some boxing, fishing and reality TV thrown in Graham and Elliot Gordon are half-brothers, six months apart, the only sons of Packer Gordon, a famous architect Graham is the natural son of Packer and his wife Elliot is the product of Packer s dalliance with a mistress The boys are openly hostile towards each other, always have been, and when they reach their mid-teens, Packer decides they will settle their differences in a boxing ring He takes them to Pogey Nealon, a retired fighter who runs a gym out of the basement of his house on Vancouver s Downtown Eastside There, after eight weeks of training, the brothers box three rounds that will change their lives fo.
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Very Good in Very Good, Not Price Clipped jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Complete number line from 1 to 10; signed by Timothy Taylor on the title page with no inscription; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectable condition.
