Word: gil
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...Gil Gilmartin, a witty entertainment editor at a Toronto daily newspaper is as bewildered at his murder, in the opening paragraph, as the reader. Gil discovers his wife in bed with her lover-the Sniffer, a drama critic at the same newspaper. In a "fury, fed...by sexual excitement," the Sniffer deals a fatal blow to Gil...
...Death, Gil soon finds, begins with a metaphysical trip to the movies. While the Sniffer, his very murderer, attends a prestigious Toronto film festival, Gil experiences an incomparable film festival in which his ancestors star. The subtlety, artfulness and capability displayed by the mystical film director move Gil. He can hear orchestral music, smell the scenes and even intuit the thoughts of the characters. Gil cannot turn away-he must watch the films of his personal history...
Davies' descent into Gil's past is sensitive, detailed and epic. Gil regards the films with a mixture of admiration and discomfort. The most intimate details of his forefathers' lives are revealed to him in stories which are tragic, pathetic and humorous-fleshing out characters who previously existed only as faces in old photographs...
...Gil's ancestors make and lose many fortunes in Wales, America and Canada. A saloon-boy from deepest Wales becomes a well-to-do tailor, and the widow of a Major in the Revolutionary War must canoe up the Hudson River to safety in Canada...
Beginnings of Spanish Rule in America: Columbus' Viceroyalty-with Juan Gil, historian with the University of Seville in Spain. In room 2 at Coolidge Hall at noon...