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May 29, 2010 · Paul Quarrington's life as a performer began in the late 1960s with a Christmas song for a high-school assembly, which the teenager composed in collaboration with classmate Danny Hill - an ...
Jan 28, 2010 · Paul Quarrington, one of Canada's most talented multi-disciplinary artists, has died.The Leslieville-based musician and writer was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in May.The 56-year-old Don Mills native died peacefully early Thursday, Jan. 21 at home surrounded by family members and friends."It is comforting to know that he didn't suffer; he was calm and quiet holding hands with those who were closest to him," a posting on his website,
Jan 10, 2010 · In Paul Quarrington's favorite childhood recording, a boy fashions a banjo from a cigar box, pluckily sets off for a contest in the next town, and wins with a song that weaves in the sounds he hears along the way: a bluebird trilling, truck tires whining. Years later, a writer and musician himself, Quarrington is suddenly diagnosed with stage ...
The Life of Hope. Home Game is a novel by Paul Quarrington, published in 1983 by Doubleday Canada. [1] The novel's central character is Nathaniel Isbister, a former professional baseball player turned drifter. [2] Coming across a town dominated primarily by a religious cult called the House of Jonah, [3] he is ultimately called upon to lead the ...
May 29, 2010 · Paul Quarrington: Life in Music: Directed by Bert Kish. With Dorothy Bennie, Dave Bidini, Michael Burke, Rebecca Campbell. This documentary is a character-driven, cinematic essay featuring Paul Quarrington, writer-musician-filmmaker, coming to terms with his life and death through the power of music.
Whale Music is a novel by Canadian writer Paul Quarrington. It was first published by Doubleday Canada in 1989. The novel's protagonist is Desmond Howl, a reclusive former rock star. He has lived in isolation since his brother, Danny, died in a car accident. Rather than engaging with the outside world, Howl spends his time composing symphonies ...
The Life of Hope. Followed by. Whale Music. King Leary is a novel by Canadian humorist Paul Quarrington, published in 1987 by Doubleday Canada. [1] The novel is part of an unofficial trilogy with Quarrington's earlier The Life of Hope and his later Logan in Overtime. [2] Although none of the novels centre on the same protagonists, they all ...
