Butler, Juan

Juan Butler (1942-1981) was a Canadian writer who was born in London, England. His three novels are "Cabbagetown Diary: A Documentary" (1970), "The Garbageman" (1972), and "Canadian Healing Oil" (1974). Butler suffered acute disappointment when the latter--the one he considered his best--proved an abysmal seller. In his later years he struggled with his mental health. He died by his own hand, in Toronto, at the age of 38.

Tamas Dobozy specializes in the teaching of and publishing on postwar American fiction, including naturalism and dirty realism, which characterize Butler's work. Dobozy'