tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post2797716600946803984..comments2024-03-23T14:48:31.480-07:00Comments on Strange at Ecbatan: Old Bestsellers: Ellen Adair, by Frederick NivenRich Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-29222356667935374852015-06-19T04:50:36.633-07:002015-06-19T04:50:36.633-07:00The only other Canadians I'm likely to get to ...The only other Canadians I'm likely to get to in this series are not very obscure. I found an American first of Robertson Davies's first novel, Tempest-Tost, so I'll reread that soon ... but he's very far from obscure. One of my favorite novels, though. And I've got a copy of a Margaret Laurence book that seems worth a try.<br /><br />I did run across a Gilbert Parker novel in an antique shop not long ago, but I didn't buy it. Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-20782810803961003522015-06-19T04:21:11.063-07:002015-06-19T04:21:11.063-07:00After six years of reading obscure Canadiana, to t...After six years of reading obscure Canadiana, to the exclusion of nearly everything else, I still haven't tackled Niven. This title was wholly unfamiliar. I'm with you concerning Buchan. I wouldn't claim him any more than I would claim Malcolm Lowry. The only Buchan novel set in Canada is the posthumously published <i>Sick Heart River</i>. I understand it's one of his best.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.com