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Davy the Punk
A life so fascinating, hilarious and outrageous, it’s worthy of a Mordecai
Richler novel. — Andreas Schroeder, author of Renovating Heaven

Davy the Punk spins his tales tall and true to the circle of Jewish hoods in
1940s Toronto, mesmerizing them and us. In this memoir of a childhood
that is the stuff of dreams and movies, Bob Bossin pays loving tribute to a
father whose name alone conjures up a lost world. With a songwriter’s ear,
a performer’s sense of timing and a poet’s grace, he brings that world back
to life. The apple (or, in this case, the apple strudel) doesn’t fall far from
the tree. — Si Kahn, author, musician and organizer

I loved this. This generation [Bossin ] writes about has now vanished, but
the colourful, hard-talking comedic experience of life on the edge comes
back. Bossin is a great storyteller, and these are great stories. I can hear the
voice of that generation clearly. Wonderful! — Clayton Ruby, lawyer

Bob Bossin’s father Davy lived in the seamy underside of Toronto the
Good between the wars—a Runyonesque milieu of bookies and baseball,
horses and payoffs, right in the zone where crime buys a drink for enter-
prise. Bossin’s memoir of Davy is fascinating, funny, dark and poignant
—a vividly readable portrait of an unforgettable man in a remarkable
habitat. — Silver Donald Cameron, author of The Living Beach

Davy the Punk is a thoroughly enjoyable and revealing romp through the
historical underside of Toronto the Good. With verve and enthusiasm,
Bob Bossin brings a performer’s skill to the tall but true tales in what is,
ultimately, his family’s story. — Lilian Nattel, author of Web of Angels

Amid the fascinating and sometimes belly-laugh-funny anecdotes of under-

world life in mid-20th-century Toronto the Good, Davy The Punk depicts a
son’s poignant search for his infinitely resourceful, elusive and wounded
father. Bob Bossin has penned a witty and generous memorial to a man, we
sense, he is still seeking to know.
— Gabor Maté M.D., author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts
The Porcupine’s Quill
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Bossin, Bob, 1946–, author

Davy the punk / Bob Bossin.

isbn: 978-0-88984-369-1 (pbk.)

1. Bossin, Bob, 1946–. 2. Bossin, Davy. 3. Folk singers—

Canada—Biography. 4. Bookmakers (Gambling )—Canada—
Biography. 5. Fathers and sons—Canada—Biography. I. Title.

ml420.b 68a3 2014 782.421620092 c2014-900192-4

Copyright © Bob Bossin, 2014.

1 2 3 4 • 16 15 14

Published by The Porcupine’s Quill, 68 Main Street, PO Box 160,

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Readied for the press by Doris Cowan.

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Represented in Canada by Canadian Manda.

Trade orders are available from University of Toronto Press.

We acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council
for the Arts for our publishing program. The financial support of the Government
of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and the Government of Ontario
through the Ontario Media Development Corporation is also gratefully
acknowledged.
For Davy and Marci,

and for Davy and Gee

 • Table of Contents •

1. The best way to not get hit by a baseball 9

2. Sweet Lilies’ advice 15

3. A gold coin 25

4. Mister Orpen 37

5. Sack’s two dollars 47

6. The layoff man 53

7. Outward order and decency 65

8. The race wire 69

9. Annenberg 75

10. An expert on horses 85

11. Marci 97

12. Costello 109

13. The only game in town 125

14. Gentlemen’s agreement 129

15. Omnia praesumuntur rite 135

16. Big Gangy Cohen gets out 143

17. Sh-Boom 153

18. We may be related 161

19. Portraits by Marci 169

20. Heaven 173

Afterword, Acknowledgements, Credits 179

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