Celluloid City
$49.87
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
28 October 2026
Summary
When Tom Mellersch, a budding screenwriter, takes a working holiday in “Toontown,” he finds his creative aspirations being batted about by a sleazy producer, his assigned collaborator, an academic director, and his celebrated helpmate. A pair of overbearing actors also hijack the project, eager to have a prequel to their hit, Carlotta’s Reprisal.
Tom soon finds that his scripting attempts are peopled by the city dwellers around him, as much as his dreams, leading him to impro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781997933113 |
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| ISBN-10: | 199793311X |
| Author: | Garry Thomas Morse |
| Publisher: | At Bay Press |
| Imprint: | At Bay Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 228mm |
| Series: | Tulpaverse |
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Critics Review
‘It is only in the light of memory movie screens that the things people do and say acquire the force of truth. Morses sentences turn delightful cartwheels, and create an atmosphere of deviltry. Amusing and poignant.- George Toles
As beguiling as previews watched through a rearview mirror, this cunning tour de force holds you spellbound and breathless. - Martine Desjardins
Garry Thomas Morse
Garry Thomas Morse has published several collections of poetry, notably Discovery Passages, about the history of his Kwakwaka’wakw Indigenous ancestors, shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award, and Prairie Harbour, also shortlisted for a Governor General’s Award. His novels have gained critical attention for pushing the aesthetic envelope. He is the author of a speculative fiction series called The Chaos! Quincunx, and two of its three books have been nominated for the ReLit Award.
Morse is the recipient of the 2008 City of Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for Emerging Artist. He has also served as the 2018 Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence at the University of Toronto, and the 2019 Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence at the University of Winnipeg.
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