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Item Details
Title:
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THE SAINTS OF BIG HARBOUR
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By: |
Lynn Coady |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£6.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0099442051 |
ISBN 13: |
9780099442059 |
Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
3 July, 2003 |
Pages: |
432 |
Description: |
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. |
Synopsis: |
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 by malice, booze and suffocating ennui. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Vintage |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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