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20.7.04
Seth's Clyde Fans reviewed bt Time & the NYTimes
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Time.com Reviews CLYDE FANS
Clyde Fans" tells the wistful history of two brothers and their family electrical fan business. The inspiration came from an actual "Clyde Fans" office in Toronto. "It was a very old storefront," Seth said. "I used to look into window when I walked by because I'm very attracted to this sort of thing. In the dim light of the office you could see on the back wall two photographs of two men, which were probably the owners. I just assumed they were brothers. Over the next couple of years while working on projects I put together a story of what these guy's lives were about although it probably had nothing to do with the reality of their real lives."


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NY Times Book Review reviews Seth's Clyde Fans

"Part 1 is narrated by Abe, who hid himself in professional salesman's patter that he never quite bought (''You've got to get the buyer's attention,'' ''You must display a true belief in your wares''). Now he wanders the empty Clyde Fans headquarters in an endless round of lonely busywork, explaining to the reader and the air how to sell fans. You wouldn't think this would be very interesting, but you quickly realize you are being sold: Abe opens with a joke and slowly reels you in to the story of his life and that of his dead brother, Simon. The second half flashes back 40 years to Simon's one disastrous sales trip, his sole attempt to connect with the world outside Clyde Fans. Since Simon can hardly bring himself to order a grilled cheese sandwich, it is not surprising he can't sell a single fan and indeed ends up giving away his sample case." -->>

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