After his mysterious death, his son planned his memorial, a “roast” at the Only Cafe and began to learn about his father’s past life. Named after an actual cafe on the Danforth (Toronto), The Only Cafe tells the story of a man troubled by his past in Lebanon. These kind of stories inspired MacIntyre to think of the secrets that people carry with them and don’t want to talk about, “secrets that are buried in shame”. To keep the group safe, a 17 year old being sent up for use by the men upstairs. A person who had been a child shared how a group of Jewish individuals pooled their resources to hide in the cellar of a warehouse. Lessons of survival came from a lost story from Ukraine during the Nazi roundups. Ugh!!!) MacIntyre was an engaging speaker who shared glimpses of his 38 years as a CBC journalist which have melded into his work as a novelist. He is the author of 7 books including the 2009 Giller Prize winning, The Bishop’s Man (which unfortunately I forgot to bring to be signed. Linden MacIntyre’s visited the Grimsby Author Series for the third time, in November, to talk about his latest novel, The Only Cafe. “Every atrocity creates ripples that travel through time and space”.
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