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The Saints of Big Harbour
Lynn Coady
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Description for The Saints of Big Harbour
Paperback. This is a pivotal year in one young man's life: Guy Boucher is a fatherless teenager oppressed by his small-town existence and dominated by his uncle, Isadore. Together with poverty and self-hatred, violence has been bred into Guy's very bones - and violence is one thing he can't shake off. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy showing light shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition
Guy Boucher, a fatherless teenager oppressed by the boredom and poverty of rural Nova Scotia, is dominated by his monstrous uncle, Isadore - alcoholic, capriciously violent and preternaturally vital. Isadore, who is permitted to board with Guy and his mother in exchange for the use of his red pick-up truck, is determined to make a man of Guy by forcing him to drink and play hockey.
Guy dreams that access to the truck will be enough to attract a girlfriend from nearby Big Harbour. But when an awkward courtship turns sour, Guy touches off a sluggish tumult of violence fuelled ... Read more
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Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099442059
SKU
KSG0009574
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Lynn Coady
Lynn Coady was nominated for the 1998 Governor General's Award for her first novel, Strange Heaven. A collection of short fiction, Play the Monster Blind, won the Canadian Authors Association's Jubliee Award. She received the Canadian Authors Association/Air Canada Award for the best writer under thirty and the Dartmouth Book and Writing Award for fiction. She lives in Vancouver.
Reviews for The Saints of Big Harbour
Sharply written, intelligently layered... It's themes are all dealt with in impressive detail
Guardian
A brilliant new voice in Canadian literature
David Adams Richards Rich and vibrant... Brilliantly written... In Isadore, Coady has created a memorable character. She is a rare talent
Ireland on Sunday
Coady's achievement here in depicting small-town rumour as an almost ... Read more
Guardian
A brilliant new voice in Canadian literature
David Adams Richards Rich and vibrant... Brilliantly written... In Isadore, Coady has created a memorable character. She is a rare talent
Ireland on Sunday
Coady's achievement here in depicting small-town rumour as an almost ... Read more