Toronto, 1965

In this touching and amusing memoir, author Grant Tracey reflects on growing up in Toronto in the 1960s, his love affair with hockey and hardboiled detective novels, and the genesis of his detective protagonist Hayden Fuller. "Hockey is part of the city's infrastructure and immigrant fabric," Grant writes, "and Toronto is a city of immigrants." Grant is the author of the Hayden Fuller Mystery Series, which includes, so far, CHEAP AMUSEMENTS and the forthcoming A FOURTH FACE, both available from Twelve Winters Press.