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Stanley Park (novel)
''Stanley Park'' is a novel by Canadian writer Timothy Taylor, published in 2001. Overview Jeremy Papier is a Vancouver chef and restaurateur who owns a bistro called The Monkey's Paw. The novel uses a "Bloods vs. Crips" metaphor for the philosophical conflict between chefs such as Papier, who favour local ingredients and menus, and those such as his nemesis Dante Beale, who favour a hip, globalized, "post-national" fusion cuisine. Papier also endures conflict with his father, an anthropologist studying homelessness in Vancouver's Stanley Park, who draws him into investigating the death of two children in the park. Awards and nominations Taylor's debut novel, the book was nominated for the Giller Prize in 2001, and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize in 2002. It was subsequently chosen as the 2003 winner of One Book, One Vancouver. In 2007, the novel was chosen for competition in ''Canada Reads'', where it was championed by musician Jim Cuddy."CBC Radio launches annual C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Taylor (writer)
Timothy Taylor (born 1963) is a Canadian novelist, short story writer, journalist, and professor of creative writing."A novelist who packs a punch". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 11, 2006. Background Born in Venezuela, Taylor was raised in West Vancouver, British Columbia and later in Edmonton, Alberta. He studied economics at the University of Alberta and obtained an MBA at the Smith School of Business at Queen's University. During his years in university, Taylor served as an officer in the Canadian Forces Naval Reserves. After graduation, he worked in banking in Toronto, Ontario. In 1987 he returned to Vancouver, British Columbia where he currently resides. Writing career Taylor's short story "Doves of Townsend" won the Journey Prize in 2000."Vancouver writer dominates: One author stands out in two short story collections". ''Calgary Herald'', February 10, 2001. He had two other stories on the competition's preliminary list of finalists that year, and is to date the only writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babes In The Wood Murders (Stanley Park)
The Babes in the Wood murders is a name which has been used in the media to refer to a child murder case in which the bodies of two brothers, Derek and David D'Alton, also known as David and Derek Bousquet, were found concealed in woodland at Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Vancouver Police Department identified the brothers publicly on February 15, 2022. Discovery The remains of two male victims (murdered about 1947) were discovered in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on Wednesday, January 14, 1953. Police determined that a hatchet found at the crime scene, which was of a type commonly used by shingle weavers and lathers, had been used to kill the boys by striking them in the head. Their corpses had been arranged so that they were lying down in a straight line, with each boy's soles facing the other's, and then concealed with a woman's rain cape. The investigation was hampered when the medical examiner concluded that one victim was fem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |