Well, I've finally gotten a copy of the book and read it. Anyone out there that wants it (based on what's been said here - which I agree with I can't see why you would) go on down to your local library and ask them to borrow it for you on Inter-library Loan. No sense in spending good money on this.
My impression was taht the author really didn't know what the heck he wanted this to come out like. He is not a good writer, or more specifically, this is not a well written book. He'll pop in now and then with the "it's the music that counts" and yet spends no time at all talking about it. The only significant musical information is finding out how strongly "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" was recieved in Canada at the time. This is hardly earth shattering.
I also see him trying to paint the "cad" side of GL while at the same time constantly excusing this or that - he just didn't know what he wanted to write.
Flimsy book - take it or leave it. At least it's a quick read.
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