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321 pages ; 22 cm. "In the 1950s in Fort William, Ontario, everyone knew Dusty Fiorito. He was handsome and hard and hot-tempered

321 pages ; 22 cm. He was handsome and hard and hot-tempered. A letter carrier, a small-town trombonist and occasional crooner, a heavy drinker, Dusty was both the keeper and maker of his Italian family's many stories. At the end of his life, as Dusty lay dying in a hospital, Joe sat with him at night, listening one last time to the family legends.

Rich and compelling, The Closer We Are to Dying is Joe Fiorito’s brilliant tribute to a complicated man and an. .I think that the narratives that are strung together through the 20 nights that Joe spends with his dying father, are elegantly written with humour and honesty

Rich and compelling, The Closer We Are to Dying is Joe Fiorito’s brilliant tribute to a complicated man and an affecting testament to the power of family ties. I think that the narratives that are strung together through the 20 nights that Joe spends with his dying father, are elegantly written with humour and honesty. This was the authentic journey of an Italian Canadian family. This was a wonderful book. Poignant, humorous at times, and a verry moving story of a son keeping vigil. I love finding Canadian Authors!!!

His family memoir, The Closer We Are to Dying, published in 1999, was a national best-seller and earned the author further critical acclaim

His family memoir, The Closer We Are to Dying, published in 1999, was a national best-seller and earned the author further critical acclaim. Guy Vanderhaeghe called it "a remarkable memoir, perhaps the finest by a Canadian writer since John Glassco's Memoirs of Montparnasse appeared in 1970. Fiorito lives in Toronto and writes for the Toronto Star.

Joe Fiorito is a Canadian journalist and author. In 2018, he published his first book of poetry, City Poems. In 2017, he retired from his position as a columnist for the Toronto Star. He is the author of one novel, The Song Beneath the Ice (2003) and a number of non-fiction books. 1 Early life The Song Beneath the Ice (2003), a novel. Union Station: Love, Madness, Sex and Survival on the Streets of New Toronto (McClelland & Stewart, 2006) - a tribute to his home city, Toronto.

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Joe Fiorito is a Canadian journalist and author The Closer We Are to Dying (McClelland & Stewart, 1999) - a family memoir, which became an international bestseller. The Song Beneath the Ice (2003), a novel.

2003 - Toronto Book Award for The Song Beneath the Ice. Bibliography

2003 - Toronto Book Award for The Song Beneath the Ice. Bibliography. The Closer We Are to Dying (McClelland & Stewart, 1999) - a family memoir, which became an international bestseller.

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