famous, just not in town

It turns our Canadian fiction is read elsewhere.

"But then I went to study in Montreal, where I was swiftly - within hours - disabused of the south-of-the-border assumption that everyone in Canada is a bit sorry they're not American. And once I began to tackle my required reading, I realised that my Canadian colleagues were unequivocally correct in their rejection of Americanness: although the world seems to regard Canada as the US's slightly slow cousin, Canadians are quietly and deservedly smug about their rich and distinctive culture, which includes a distinguished literary canon."

We're quietly and deservedly smug I suppose, but not especially doctrinaire about it.

Posted by Dave