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A merican Whiskey Bar is a remarkable faux memoir about the M un-making of a film – a film Michael Turner was commissioned i c to write. However, whether or not this film was ever «made» h is debatable. And only one print is said to exist. Nevertheless, American a e Whiskey Bar, a film seen by only a handful of people, is well on its way l to becoming a curious footnote to cinematic history. T American Whiskey Bar, the book, is an attempt to set the record u r straight – a story of sex, violence, lies, ambition, power, paradox, n dreams, and regret. Consider yourself warned. e r A m e r i c American Whiskey Bar a n Michael Turner W Tightly packed . . . the book weaves its way in and out of various levels of reality. . . . There’s a bright, playful mind at work here. – Toronto Star h Turner constructs an intense, intelligent, and darkly humorous satire. . . . i s Too original to be nominated for awards. – Quill & Quire k Brilliant . . . a dazzling, dizzying multilayered blend of fact and fiction, e of the plausible and the preposterous, of the real and the hyper-real. It is also screamingly funny. – The Globe & Mail y A daring reconfiguration of the fictional narrative. – Vancouver Magazine B a r with a foreword by William Gibson US$16.95 (cid:115) Cdn$19.95 ISBN 1-55152-159-8 ARSENAL PULP PRESS arsenalpulp.com design by Solo (cid:115) cover photograph by Rosalee Hiebert “A dazzling, dizzying multi-layered blend of fact and fiction, of the plausible and the preposterous, of the real and the hyper-real. Screamingly funny.” – The Globe and Mail “Too original to be nominated for awards… [American Whiskey Bar] is about the darker side of America, movie-making, and universal ambition…. Intelligently funny and deliciously subversive in both form and content.” – Quill & Quire A Michael meri can Turner Whiskey B ar A Novel A Michael meri can Turner Whiskey B ar A Novel arsenal pulp press Vancouver Copyright © 1997 by Michael Turner All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any part by any means without the written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may use brief excerpts in a review. arsenal pulp press 211 East Georgia St Suite 102 Vancouver, BC Canada v6a 1z6 Design by cardigan.com Printed and bound in Canada canadian cataloguing in publication data Turner, Michael, 1962- American whiskey bar isbn 978-1-55152-159-6 I. Title. ps8589.u748a53 1997 c8138.54 c97-910742-3 pr9199.3.t838a53 1997 The publisher gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for its publishing program, and the support of the Book Publishing Industry Development Program, and the bc Arts Council. contents acknowledgements vii preface Michael Turner 1 introduction Monika Herendy 13 american whiskey bar The Original Screenplay 27 afterword Milena Jagoda 169 I would like to acknowledge the following persons, places, and things: Judy Radul, Monika Herendy, Milena Jagoda, Brian Lam, Blaine Kyllo, Dean Allen, Phillip McCrum, Deanna Ferguson, Reid Shier, Clint Burnham, Brice Canyon, Lynn Crosbie, Bruce LaBruce, Bruce McDonald, Noel S. Baker, Jennifer Barclay, Antonia Hirsch, Guy Bennett, my family, Checkpoint Charlie, the Literary Press Group, Tom’s Video, Videomatica, and the bc Arts Council. Thank you. vii American Whiskey can blend into the company of a throng of thugs or a swarm of sophisticates. It has dog-eat-dog attitude when need be and eloquent manners when protocol is required. There’s only one persona that American Whiskey never adopts – it is never, ever shy or retiring. gary regan and mardee haidin regan The Book of Bourbon and Other Fine American Whiskeys Since human beings have invented history, we have also invented those aspects of our lives that seem most immutable, or, rather, have invented the circumstances that determine their nature. angela carter The Sadean Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History It is true: the symbol of reality has something reality does not have: it does not represent any meaning and yet it adds to it – by its very representative nature – a new meaning. pier paolo pasolini Theorem (translated by Stuart Hood) My work is finished. My poet is dead. vladimir nabokov Pale Fire ix
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