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Mental Hygiene: Essays on Writers and Writing by Ray Robertson (Paperback, 2003)

One of today's best young velists, Ray Robertson is also one of its ablest critics. This is a collection of his most entertaining, insightful, controversial, and funniest reviews and essays written over the last five years. Believing that 'writers have a responsibility to help maintain the mental hygiene of their time,' Robertson, following in the footsteps of Mordecai Richler and other velist-critics such as Anthony Burgess, Kingsley and Martin Amis and John Updike, is at the front line of contemporary literary debate. Whether castigating the bland cabal he refers to as McCanlit, poking fun at the trendy ephemera of intellectual fashion or arguing for his own unique fictional aesthetic, Robertson pulls punches and suffers fools. Divided into three sections -- 'Us,' 'Them' and 'Me' - 'Mental Hygiene' gathers together both published and previously unpublished reviews of local and international writers as well as eight highly personal essays on the craft of fiction and the writing life in general.

Place of Publication
Toronto
Author Biography
Ray Robertson is a novelist living in Toronto. He is the author of Home Movies and the forthcoming Moody Food. He's also a monthly columnist for the Toronto Star and a frequent contributor to TVO's Imprint and CBC radio's Talking Books.
Date of Publication
28/04/2003
Imprint
Insomniac Press
Country of Publication
Canada

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