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Death Goes Better With Coca-Cola
Originally published in 1967, Dave Godfrey’s debut collection features stories about hunting — in Florida, in Africa, and in northern Ontario. They are about the interplay of gun and subway, decoy and stock market, guide and draft dodger. But they are more than just stories about hunting. Death Goes Better with Coca-Cola is a powerful example of the idiosyncratic imagination of a writer who broke new ground in fiction. It is a seminal collection by one of Canada’s most influential literary figures and it is a must-read for those who want to understand Canada’s literary landscape, past and present.
117 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1967
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Dave Godfrey
15 booksDave Godfrey was a Canadian writer and publisher. His novel The New Ancestors won the Governor General's Award for English language fiction in 1970.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Godfrey was educated at Trinity College at the University of Toronto, Iowa State University, and Stanford University. He taught in Ghana for several years including Adisadel College, Cape Coast from 1963-65 where he was the English and music instructor. He was the founder of the Adisadel Jazz Club, which led to the creation of similar jazz and student pop groups in several Ghanaian secondary schools. He continued his teaching at the University of Toronto and the University of Victoria.
Starting in the late 1970s, he became interested in the cultural side of computer technology, and argued that decentralized data and computer communication were extremely important for art and literature. In 1979 he edited a book on the subject with Douglas Parkhill, Gutenberg two, on the social and political meaning of computer technology, and he wrote The Telidon Book with Ernest Chang, about electronic publishing and video text, and founded a software development company called Softwords, working in that field. He also worked on computer aided learning.
Godfrey was one of the founders of the House of Anansi and New Press and was editor of Press Porcépic. He later ran a 60-acre vineyard and farm in the Cowichan Valley of British Columbia. He died of cancer on June 21, 2015, at the age of 77.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Godfrey was educated at Trinity College at the University of Toronto, Iowa State University, and Stanford University. He taught in Ghana for several years including Adisadel College, Cape Coast from 1963-65 where he was the English and music instructor. He was the founder of the Adisadel Jazz Club, which led to the creation of similar jazz and student pop groups in several Ghanaian secondary schools. He continued his teaching at the University of Toronto and the University of Victoria.
Starting in the late 1970s, he became interested in the cultural side of computer technology, and argued that decentralized data and computer communication were extremely important for art and literature. In 1979 he edited a book on the subject with Douglas Parkhill, Gutenberg two, on the social and political meaning of computer technology, and he wrote The Telidon Book with Ernest Chang, about electronic publishing and video text, and founded a software development company called Softwords, working in that field. He also worked on computer aided learning.
Godfrey was one of the founders of the House of Anansi and New Press and was editor of Press Porcépic. He later ran a 60-acre vineyard and farm in the Cowichan Valley of British Columbia. He died of cancer on June 21, 2015, at the age of 77.
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April 16, 2025
Unusual stories from the co-founder of trailblazing Canadian publisher House of Anansi. A lot of strange men shooting animals in weird, beguiling, often flat prose.
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