WAITING FOR GERTRUDE, A Graveyard Gothic by Bill Richardson (1st Ed. SIGNED)

Author: Bill Richardson. Published by Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC., 2001, 1st Edition. RARE; DOUBLE SIGNED by the Author. Printed in Canada by Friesens. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inch, 184 pages.

WAITING FOR GERTRUDE, is a delicious tale of intrigue, unrequited love, longstanding quarrels, character assassinations, petty spats, and sorcery that builds to a steady climax at the cats' annual Christmas pageant.

In Paris's Pere-Lachaise cemetery lie the bones of many renowned departed. It is also home to a large number of stray cats. Now, what if by some strange twist of fate, the souls of the famous were reborn in the cats with their personalities intact? There's Maria Callas, a wilful and imperious diva, wailing late into the night. Earthy, bawdy chanteuse Edith Piaf is a foul-mouthed washerwoman. Oscar Wilde is hopelessly in love with Jim Morrison who sadly does not return his affections. Frederic Chopin is as melancholic and deeply contemplative as ever, and in honor of the tradition of leaving love letters at his tomb, he is now the cemetery's postmaster general. Last but not least, Marcel Proust is trying to solve the mystery behind some unusual thefts - someone has stolen Rossini's glass eye and Sarah Bernhardt's leg.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bill Richardson is a very popular and award-winning writer who was the host of Richardson's Roundup on CBC Radio One from 1997-2004. He won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for his first novel, Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast. The Bachelor Brothers' trilogy has sold over 125,000 copies throughout North America. 

1st Edition & Signed by Author  

ISBN: 9791550548920  

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