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September
1999
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The
Danforth Review
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Salvage King, Ya!: a herky jerky picaresque This gem is by now a notable underground hit. Sadly, it would probably need no introduction if it had snagged a more appropriate title and a more consumer-friendly cover design. A story about a boozing, coke snorting, skirt chasing minor-league hockey player during the final days of his often brutally violent ice warrior career, Mark Anthony Jarman's first novel landed him a handful of all star reviews and dozens of appreciative readers. Far fewer than it deserved. The writing is first rate and packs an intensity not much seen in the land of the petrified prairie gopher (would that be W.O. Mitchell or Margaret Laurence? Either will do). If it's the best hockey book ever written, does that make it The Great Canadian Novel?
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THE DANFORTH REVIEW IS EDITED BY MICHAEL BRYSON.