Home from the Vinyl Cafe

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Home from the Vinyl Cafe
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Author Stuart McLean
Illustrator Wesley Bates
Country Canada
Language English
Publisher Viking by Penguin Books Canada Limited
Publication date
 1998
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages 256 pp
ISBN 0-14-027743-9 (paperback)
Preceded by When We Were Young: A Collection of Canadian Stories
Followed by Vinyl Cafe Unplugged

Home from the Vinyl Cafe (1998) is Stuart McLean's second volume of stories that first aired on the CBC Radio program The Vinyl Cafe . It was the winner of the 1999 Stephen Leacock Award for Humour. [1]

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Contents

Stories included in Home from the Vinyl Cafe: [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour winners" . Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Stuart McLean (1998). Home from the Vinyl Cafe (softcover ed.). Toronto, ON: Viking by Penguin Books Canada Limited. p. 256. ISBN   0-14-027743-9.
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