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Bootlegger Blues [Paperback]

Drew Hayden Taylor (Author)
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March 15, 1993 0920079792 978-0920079799 1

This new comedy by the author of Toronto at Dreamer's Rock and Education Is Our Right is about love, family, and what to do with too much beer.  Set on a reserve, it follows the plight of Martha, a church-going, teetotaling woman who finds herself stuck with 143 cases of beer after a church fundraiser fails.  She decides to bootleg the beer, to the horror of her son Andrew, nicknamed Blue, who is a special constable on the reserve.

Meanwhile, Andrew has fallen for a young woman he thinks is his cousin, and his sister Marianne is bored with her "Indian Yuppie" husband and finds herself attracted to a handsome dancer at the powwow.

The pace is fast and vigorous in this romantic situation comedy.


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Drew Hayden Taylor is a Fifth House Books author.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 94 pages
  • Publisher: Fifth House Books; 1 edition (March 15, 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0920079792
  • ISBN-13: 978-0920079799
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.8 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #509,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Humour, October 12, 2011
This review is from: The Bootlegger Blues (Paperback)
If you have picked up a copy of this play, then get ready to laugh.

Martha followed the advice of a fellow committee member regarding the the amount of beverages to order for the church fundraiser. Now she is stuck with 143 cases of beer she can't return. What is a teetotaling woman to do. Sell them, as in bootleg. There's a small catch or two, her son is home from police college, and her daughter and son- in-law work for the band council.

This play had me laughing out loud from beginning to end. I loved every minute. While the play was written to be set on any reserve in Canada, I think it could also be adapted to many small communities. I would love to see a performance of this work. I haven't read a play in years decades and now I am wondering why. More than likely it was the over studying of them that I did when in high school. Fortunately author Drew Hayden Taylor has several more that I am looking forward to reading.
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