![]() ![]() ![]() They aren’t concerned about their future, rather, simply having enough money to pay for that night’s taxi trip, or the ability to indulge in a round of oysters at their next meal out. Staying with a friend of friend, they are paying a lot of money to share one bed, but making the rent each month continues to be a burden, so they do things that young pretty girls are invited to do to make extra money act as extras in movies, model for artists while they paint, they even befriend a bar owner who pays them a cut of each bottle service they encourage their friends to buy. Isa is 21 and has moved to New York City for the summer with her best friend Gala, and because they aren’t there legally, they are selling clothes at various markets to make ends meet. And if they keep printing books as fabulous as Happy Hour they certainly have a bright future. I don’t entirely understand their business model but gosh darn it, I’m excited for them nonetheless. It’s published by a brand-new publisher called Flying Books, which is also a book store, writing school, and general beacon of hope for those of us in the Canadian publishing industry. Have you ever had the experience of reading a book, looking at a piece of art, or even watching a movie and feeling like you are much ‘cooler/hip’ for having taken it in? After reading Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados, I feel as though I’m on the cutting edge of something, but I’m not cool enough to know what exactly. ![]()
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