A cautionary tall tale
A rambling yarn
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Absurd universe
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Break out
California dreaming
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Coming of age
COP=Canada
Dark comedy
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Entertaining
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Fast-paced
Friendship
Hope
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Not Susanna Moodie
On the lam
Outside looking in
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Rebellion
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Toronto
Underdog
Unpredictable
Waiting for the world to change
Product details
- ISBN 9781459747050
- Weight: 396g
- Dimensions: 139 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 09 Sep 2021
- Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
- Publication City/Country: CA
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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A dark coming-of-age comedy set in a world of scoundrels and misfits at the end of their tether.
Paul Wint quits his dead-end gig composing greeting cards and falls in with Hornsmith, an ailing con on his last score. Hornsmith is running a scam on Dr. Courtney, a cosmetic surgeon, and Simon Trang, a shadowy narc. He says it’s business, but it’s really more of a blackmail job.
And it’s not working out. While Hornsmith’s distracted by his intestinal cancer, Courtney’s gangsters plot to kill the deal. Soon, Paul can’t see his way for the complications in the swindle. His obsession with Marla, a singer with The Raging Socket, doesn’t help.
After a mysterious fire destroys his apartment building, Paul sets out on a road trip that is both terrifying and ridiculous, a trip through America that brings together immigrants, crooks, and seekers in the vast, unforgiving, inspiring spaces of the desert.
Paul Wint quits his dead-end gig composing greeting cards and falls in with Hornsmith, an ailing con on his last score. Hornsmith is running a scam on Dr. Courtney, a cosmetic surgeon, and Simon Trang, a shadowy narc. He says it’s business, but it’s really more of a blackmail job.
And it’s not working out. While Hornsmith’s distracted by his intestinal cancer, Courtney’s gangsters plot to kill the deal. Soon, Paul can’t see his way for the complications in the swindle. His obsession with Marla, a singer with The Raging Socket, doesn’t help.
After a mysterious fire destroys his apartment building, Paul sets out on a road trip that is both terrifying and ridiculous, a trip through America that brings together immigrants, crooks, and seekers in the vast, unforgiving, inspiring spaces of the desert.
J.P. Meyboom is a collector of improbable experiences, an appreciator of excellent food, and a friend to outrageous people. He is a film and
television producer who has worked on the award-winning comedy series The Newsroom and the acclaimed Murdoch Mysteries. Meyboom has lived many lives in many countries, but he currently lives in Toronto.
