The Ghetto CodeGershwin nonetheless read every book Harold gave him. He didn’t want to give Harold any reason to feel superior to him when they were together.
“Aren’t there any books on run-of-the-mill Canadians?” he’d once asked Harold.
From a business perspective, Gershwin was very interested in the habits of run-of-the-mill Canadians.
“My thesis is about run-of-the-mill Canadians. There are plenty of books about them. North Americans anyway.”
“That might be the case, but the last three books you gave me were about Australian orphans, Ecuadorian prostitutes and South African homosexuals. I’d like to read a book about the people who live in my neighbourhood.”
“I read books for technical reasons, to see how a particular study has been conducted. That’s more important to me than the su
