Travel to Provinces

Montreal: The Unknown City (Unknown City: Montreal)

Format: Paperback
Author: Kristian Gravenor
ReleaseDate: 01 May, 2003
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Rating:

Brilliant, informative and hilarious
It's excellently written and has stories that haven't been told elsewhere, from Barry Bonds' romantic connection to the city, to the smuggling of the dead film-noir starlet over the border, to the phone book blunder that offended the city's Italian community - every page seems to offer an insiders view about the city that shouldn't be missed. I've read a lot of books about Montreal but this is uniquely packed with saucy stories, clever quips and little-known tales. Highly recommended for repeat readings.

Great Montreal resource
It's a readable, fast, funny and very interesting bunch of stories and history and insight of the city of Montreal. I'm not a huge reader so I was pretty skeptical when I was given this for Christmas, but I was quickly won over. Some great yarns that come to mind include the graveyard tales, the guy acquitted of kidnapping the millionaire heir by explaining his written plans were a novel he was working on, the transportation of the dead Hollywood starlet - all of these stories make this a pretty satisfying read, plus the restaurant and nightlife sections and other stuff are really useful as well. I've seen a couple of reviews in the papers about this book and they pretty much said the same thing as myself. One of the best I've seen about this city for a long time.

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