Since the discovery of its mising last page, over twenty years after it was published, and the subsequent relaunching of Alden Nowlan’s first novel, The Wanton Troopers, the book has been getting considerable attention, and it seemed like the right time to mention that the highly acclaimed musician, NQ Arbuckle, adapted one of Nowlan’s poems, “Ypres 1915″ into a song. (The Ottawa Citizen on NQ Arbuckle: ” NQ Arbuckle takes the squalor of life and composes magical poetry.” Here’s what he did with that Nowlan poem:
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