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Book review: David Spaner's left-wing picaresque a superlative read

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David Spaner's new historical novel Keefer Street tells the story of the International Brigades who travelled to Spain in the 1930s to defend the Spanish Republic from rogue general Francisco Franco ’s fascist attack.

The Canadian cohort was called the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion or the Mac Paps , named for two 19th century Canadian rebels.

Canada sent more fighters to Spain than any other country except France .

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52

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46

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6

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formal

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English

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56

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long-living

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