Stuart McLean Bücher

We May Not Be Big, But We're Small, reads the framed motto by the cash register in The Vinyl Cafe, a quirky second-hand record store in Canada. The stories in this book chronicle the misadventures of the Vinyl Cafe's proprietor, Dave. Dave, and his wife Morley, would, no doubt, tell you that life is what you make it. Unfortunately, that means a compilation of mistakes, misunderstandings and muddle. After all, what father's humanity wouldn't be challenged by a USD563.30 bill for a sick guinea pig? Whose backyard hasn't been placed under siege when a rare bird takes up residence? Luckily for Morley and Dave the chaotic melody of life is underscored by the harmonious sounds of family, friends and neighbours. People like Kenny Wong who runs Wong's Scottish Meat Pies down the street from the record store. The book introduces a multitude of characters in twenty hilarious hymns to common foibles and everyday absurdities.

In more hilarious tales set in and around the Vinyl Cafe, Dave and Morley would tell you that life is what you make it. Unfortunately for them, that means a compilation of mistakes, miscues, misunderstandings and muddle.

In Vinyl Cafe Diaries , master storyteller and humorist Stuart McLean takes us into the deepest recesses of The Vinyl Cafe . Learn all about the secret lives and hidden passions of the seemingly ordinary folk from the radio show. What is Dave doing by himself in a Halifax hotel room with a duck? What purloined item has Sam surreptitiously stuffed under his mattress and why? What is it about the book club that Mary Turlington doesn’t dare tell Morley? Why is Morley skulking around with a man named Frank on the eve of her fortieth birthday? What grisly secret is Stephanie hiding in her father’s picnic cooler? Why in the name of decency is Morley parading around in Stephanie’s clothes? What are in the mysterious brown-paper packages that Sam is receiving in the mail? And why is Dave wearing that awful Grateful Dead T-shirt? Vinyl Cafe Diaries exposes the answers to these urgent questions in twenty never-before-told (well, okay, told on the radio) stories of strange secrets, odd dreams, high hopes and, of course, hilarious adventures.