looked at it and said, “Well, OK, we’ll take it in 
place of X.” And it kicked around the Toronto 
publisher for awhile. Then my father fell ill, and we 
sent it down to the States and it kicked around 
there. The Toronto publisher had a look at it, 
Doubleday Canada, and made a few editorial 
suggestions. It went to the States and as far as I 
know it’s still in somebody’s desk drawer. They’ve 
never even acknowledged receipt of it.

After my father had been dead for four or five 
years I decided to take the manuscript and get it 
printed. I hauled it around to U of T Press which 
had done The Gutenberg Galaxy . And we did a little