Taras Grescoe. Prologue. In Defense Taras Grescoe (born ) [1] is a Canadian non-fiction writer. His debut book, Sacré Blues, won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction, and McAuslan First Book Prize.
Through vivid writing, history, and Taras Grescoe, the award-winning author of eight non-fiction books (among them the best-selling Bottomfeeder, Shanghai Grand, Straphanger, and The Devil’s Picnic), has been a professional, full-time freelance journalist and author in Canada for the last twenty-five years.
Straphanger, from Taras Grescoe is Author of eight books—and counting. Food, transit, history, the environment, travel, stories big. Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past. Published by Greystone (London, Vancouver, Berkeley) Sept. (Paperback to be published Aug.
Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of This is the world vividly conjured up by Canadian journalist and writer Taras Grescoe in his new book Shanghai Grand: Forbidden Love and International Intrigue in a Doomed World. Grescoe’s subtitle is somewhat misleading, as his book is, in fact, a quadruple biography.
Grescoe, Taras. Shanghai Grand. Taras Grescoe is the author of seven books, among them Bottomfeeder, The Devil’s Picnic, Straphanger, and Shanghai Grand. He is a contributor to the New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, and The Smithsonian.
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In Taras Grescoe’s recent historical foray —Shanghai Grand: Forbidden Love and International Intrigue In A Doomed World (New York: St Martin’s Press, ), Grescoe, a journalist by training, takes on the history of Shanghai, zooming in especially on the period from post-WWI up through the repatriation of many of the above-mentioned. For those of you Taras Grescoe. Taras Grescoe is probably best known for their Non-Fiction Books. There are currently 9 books available. The first was released in with the book Sacré Blues. The most recently released book was The Lost Supper which was released in There are no upcoming non-fiction books by Taras at this time. Related Authors.