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Canada and Other Matters of Opinion ReviewRex Murphy's latest book, _Canada and Other Matters of Opinion_, is a fun read. The book is a potpourri of newspaper columns written by Murphy over the past five years or so. In the spirit of an Oscar Wilde dictum, Murphy finds the practice of ranting, railing, and raging a real pleasure, not just a moral duty (p. xix). Accordingly, Murphy opines on sundry matters related to Canada including literature, Newfoundland (the province where he was born and raised), climate change, terrorism, Obama, human rights, etc.
Beyond his exceptional wordsmithing ability (which, as the reader will observe, tends to melodrama betimes), Murphy has some sort of accompanying metaphor for every point he makes. And this is what I love about Murphy, even if I don't always agree with his opinion. His creative pen takes the reader to interesting places.
Here's a favorite example:
"The great national response to winter, and the greatest shield against its many glooms and ravages, was, of course, the invention of hockey. Hockey may be seen, in its earliest manifestation, as a means of turning winter against itself; of giving a very great number of people, who were definitely not masochists, a reason to look forward to the time when all lakes and ponds were frozen and the wind chill bit the soul. Hooray, we're freezing! Let's play hockey." (p. 217)
_Canada and Other Matters of Opinion_ is, to say it again, a fun read. Each "chapter" is two to three pages in length. Because the chapters are newspaper columns, the book can be treated as a magazine. Reading from any part of the book will do since each column, although grouped with others of a similar subject matter, is free-standing.
It's my view that Murphy generally comes down on an issue a smidgeon right of center. Where one of Murphy's opinions ends up on the political spectrum, however, makes no difference. I'd read Murphy regardless and not find it a waste of time. Reading a few pages from his "personal diary of a world gone mad" (p. xix) is a broadening experience and a delight.Canada and Other Matters of Opinion Overview

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