Blazing Figures: A Life of Robert Markle by J.A. Wainwright cocktails “A true classic in its

“A true classic in its own right

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Blazing Figures: A Life of Robert Markle by J.A. Wainwright cocktails “A true classic in its8vo. pp. xii, 298. colour & b w illustrations. bibliography. index. cloth. dw. Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier University Press, [2010]. New. ISBN: 9781554581825 Robert Markle (19361990) was an infamous figure on the Canadian cultural scene for almost three decades. His paintings and drawings celebrating the female nude were deemed obscene by Ontario courts in 1965, and Markle defended them on national television, emphasizing what he considered a crucial