Posted AT 4:01 AM EST on 15/07/08
Obsessed, from cover to cover
VANCOUVER — One would be hard-pressed to find a native of Flushing, N.Y., more dedicated to preserving Canadian literature than John Meier. For nine years, the Vancouver-area resident (and dual citizen) has been trolling the Internet, used-book stores and libraries, as well as stalking publishing houses, in his quest to collect a copy of every English-language first edition book to win the Governor-General's Literary Award for fiction.
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