The Roaring Eighties

Writings on Literature, Jazz, Politics, Crime, Sports and other Diversions, 1972-2005. Considered to be one of the premier journalists in Canada by Peter C. Newman, Norman Snider’s writings on literature, politics, crime, sports, jazz – and more – appeared regularly in Toronto Life, Saturday Night, Macleans, and Rolling Stone. As a journalist Norman Snider shows extraordinary range and diversity, and this collection of non-fiction runs a wonderful gamut of subjects: portraits of pianist Glenn Gould and politicians Jean Chretien, Brian Mulroney, John Turner and Joe Clark; an exposŽ on the murder of heiress Nancy Eaton; a recollection of a trip to Los Angeles with renowned filmmaker David Cronenberg; an exploration of the realities of Canadian peacekeepers abroad; critical essays on Robertson Davies, Joyce Carol Oates, Saul Bellow, Morley Callaghan, Edmund Wilson and others; as well as articles on cocaine dealers, the music of Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis, travels to Mexico, and the title fight in Las Vegas between late Canadian heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick and world champ Larry Holmes. This collection displays the best work of one of our leading cultural commentators!

Considered to be one of the premier journalists in Canada by Peter C. Newman, Norman Snider’s writings on literature, politics, crime, sports, jazz – and more – appeared regularly in Toronto Life, Saturday Night, Macleans, and Rolling Stone.

Considered one of the premier magazine journalists in Canada, Snider was nominated for four National Magazine Awards, appearing regularly in such publications as Toronto Life, Saturday Night, Macleans, and Rolling Stone.

For seven years, he was a weekly columnist for Canada’s National Newspaper, The Globe and Mail. As well as the bestselling true crime book, Smokescreen (Stoddart), Norman Snider is also the author of a work of political journalism The Changing of the Guard (Lester, Orpen, Dennys), a Book of the Month Club selection.

Snider has written extensively for movies and television such as the Juno award-winning, internationally-recognized psychological drama DEAD RINGERS (dir David Cronenberg, starring Jeremy Irons), 20th-Fox 1989, the crime drama CALL ME: THE RISE AND FALL OF HEIDI FLEISS, (USA Network, 2004) directed by Emmy-winner Charles McDougall, starring The Sopranos’ Jamie Lynn Siegler, RATED X, Showtime Network, 2000 (dir. Emilio Estevez. Starring Charlie Sheen), and the crime thriller VALENTINE’S DAY, 1998, HBO, starring Mario Van Peebles. He has also worked with renowned directors Bob Rafelson, Edward Zwick, Norman Jewison, and Atom Egoyan.