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Last book tour for Giller-winning writer of The Polished Hoe was an extended holiday'. It was up to Scarborough and back down to Toronto, Clarke recalls.

In those days we did not have the film-star-ish perspective to the promotion of a book. These days , naturally, it is way more exciting. At 74, the Barbados-born, Toronto-based writer is revving up for another round of readings and signings in connection with his new novel, more. The tour culminates with a return Toronto engagement at the end of October at the Global Holiday of writers at Harbourfront Centre. So being sent across the land to promote a book is sort of a holiday to me, he asserts. And it gives you an appreciation of the landscape of the country in which you live. As with any vacation, sometimes things can get a little straight away. It absolutely was a situation where I was kind of on an extended holiday. And I kind of did enjoy myself, he is saying, while being interviewed this week at the Toronto office of publisher Thomas Allen.

But I wasn't ready to separate excitement and the furore enough to focus for even one afternoon on the subsequent book. ...more

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