: Biography of a toaster inventor Reader confused
by spy novel

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Richard’ Rohmer, the
contreversial author of

political fiction, has.
ckled an unlike!

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. Tay
Toronto tycoon: and
world-renowned en-

‘eneur.

led, simply, E. P.
Taylor, the 355-page b
_ isa dry, straight-forward

‘account, Iikely to draw

the game kind of reviews
as did his fictionalized
Ultimatum,
Exxoneration and others.
However, Rohmer’s
works of fiction were
hefty best sellers despite
the critics, Many le
‘will want to rea new
work on Taylor because
of the controversy that.
surrounds his literary -
efforts

In fact, Taylor himself
asked Rohmer to do the
teat ts as

6 Bales
of .the author’s panned
fiction stories. .

Nonetheless, Taylor
makes interesting
reading and, at least
Rohmer lets the story tell
itself. It provides no new
insights into the tycoon,
nor does it get persortal.

Unquestionably,
.Taylor's imprint on
Canada and the world has
been significant. He
created the giant Argus
Corp., which controls
such other giants as the
multinational Masse =
Ferguson Ltd., and he
one of the major breeders
of race horses in ‘the
ay with t

ut as any grea
man, there is a legend
’ and myth about him.

Early in the story, Roh-
mer puts one myth to
rest, that Taylor was
born and bred into

“Contrary to myth,
Edward Plunket Taylor
was not born with a silver
‘spoon in bis mouth.
Rather it was a silver
fongue.””* |. .
INVENTED TOASTER

. Now 77 and living in the

Taylor's . first com-
mercial. venture was
breeding’ rabbits
youngster. As a teen-
ager, hé. invented an
ec

he received a patent,

| Ever restless, he gave
up his scholastic studies
to start Red Line Taxi Co.
in Ottawa, then moved to
Toronto where he got
heavily—and = suc-
cessfully—involvyed in
underwriting major

projects with MeLeod,
‘oung, Weir.

When the stock market
crash of 1929 hit,nTaylor
was busy hustling a
merger deal involving a
screw and nut company.

By 1932, his financial
status was precarious,
having left all his eggs in
one basket—the Ca-
nadian Breweries Ltd.
empire that was the base
of hig success as a tycoon.

During the Second
World War, he was a-so-
called $i-ayear man
wor in Ottawa for the
war effort, and later took
over arms and am-
munition procurement
for Canadian and British
forces. For part of the
war, he was responsible
directly to Sir Winston
Churchill, an honor
granted no other
an ognecd and of whieh he.
was especially prou

He was in the
passenger ship, Western

ce, with C. D. Howe,

‘Canada's minister. in

charge of munitions
production, when it was
sunk by a German sub in
1940. Their survival
prompts. Rohmer to re-

‘mark what Canada would

be like today if they had
After the war, Taylor

‘went on to success after

success both in the

‘commercial and sports

world, His horses were
regular winners of. the
Queen’s Plate, and, one of
them, Northern Dancer,
won the Kentucky Derby.
His acquisitions and
mergers led not only to
but involved such
major. firms -as' Honey

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By JUDY
CREIGHTON.

CP Family Editor.
Margaret Atwood now
has branched out and
turned’ her award-

winnin § talents to chil-. en}
dren's books ~

"Up In The Tree,

: In The Tree, her
first offering dedicated to
her young daughter Jess,
is an illuminating little
easy-to-read tale about
two children who have
discovered what it is like
to spend time in a tree.

hey imagine it as their
home, even when it rains
and blows, but soon
discover that there are
sacrifices to be made.
There is no food, no

telephone, no real

comforts of home. . .
Inevitably, 8 bird saves

them from being stuck in

the tree. They discover
with feet firmly. planted

DISCOVERED —
ELEMENT

Karl Scheele, a Swedish
ahemist, discovered the
metallic element manganese
in 1774.

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Margaret At-wood; 14
pages, illustrated: $8.95;
McClelland and Stewart.

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minion Stores; Hollinger Taylor received a letter

Columbia
Products Ltd.

His immense. energy —

was also given over to
worthy causes, a major
one being his leadership
in a campaign to hel
rebuilt Toronto Gener.

Hospital.

: one of the most ‘ Rohmer:n35§

successful fund-raising
campaigns anywhere,

Briefly

and British from the late Sidney

Forest Smith of University of

Toronto.

“Dear Eddie. What a
man! What a citizen!
What a leader you are.”

E. P. Taylor: The
Biography of Edward
Plunket Tayler, Richard
pages:
‘$13.05; McClelland and
Stewart.

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Chris Scott’s novel, To
Catch a Spy, is like a
game of charades in
which word after word is
formed without creating
a meaningful phrase. The
reader feels less a par-
ticlpant than the butt of a
private joke.

Scott does not com-
mMunicate, he
manipulates.nHe con-
fuses the reader and, at
the end, leaves the pont
unexplained ai
less, That, of course, is
his point.

An. English reporter

oes to Russia to

termine. the fate of a
vanished

_serles of plots which
neither he nor the reader
understand. Inna
disturbing reversal of
dramatic irony, the
reader finds. that the

otters know more than
does and that their
words cannot be trusted,
The spies’ nature is
reflected in the book it-
seli—ingenious but cold
and valueless. There are

B® no heroes and villains,

enly predators and prey,

Characters are seen
from a distance, as if
moving through a
disjointed dream, Scott
forbids sympathy with
his characters: evennthe
reporter, Johnson, who
represents the readers’
world, is attractive only
for his honest. intentions.

Scott ig a self-indulgent
writer, He gloats in the
use of unfamiliar words
and references to obscure
literary and ckltural
figures. His affected
cleverness pervades the
book and infects almost
every character.

Nevertheless, . Scott is
an_ imaginative and

high] accomplished
spy and. technician. He has a fine
becomes caught up in a.

ear for conversation, a
wry wit and a master’s
sense of rhythm. He could
create memorable fiction
ifhe took more interest in
communicating than in
performing literary
tricks, ~

To Catch a Spy, Chris
Scott; 291 pages; $9.95;
Penguin Books.

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