Can a city be a character in a book? Many years ago, in a writing class, I was told that I should try to make the setting, which was Toronto, my city of birth, a character in my book, Conduct in Question. I have puzzled over this piece of advice for many years and only now think I may have an answer as to its meaning. Heres another question. Can the city youve lived in all your life be a character or does intimacy somehow disqualify it? I have often longed to see Toront…

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