A01=Carter Vance
Author_Carter Vance
big city
Canada
Category=FBA
Coming of age
Dry Humour
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Funny
journey
literary fiction
Millenial
nostalgia
Ontario
Ottawa
Parliament
political
queer
small town
Staffing
urbanrural divide
Product details
- ISBN 9781803419275
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 25 Nov 2025
- Publisher: Collective Ink
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Adam Brinkert was raised a world apart from the lights of Ottawa and the din of politics, in a small city in Northern Ontario. Pursuing justice and a way to make things better for the people he grew up with, he became an assistant to a Member of Parliament, living his youth in the offices and hallways of power. But, as he grows towards his 30s, he begins to doubt what it was all for; were his experiences all merely for self-aggrandizement and not the greater good? �Twists of fate and slights of political hand will test Adam�s belief in himself, and what he believes is right, while he navigates the landscape of a country, and a world, that is changing rapidly. All the while, he struggles to define his relationships with the people around him, including his erstwhile friend-cum-political rival Truss and his ex-girlfriend and co-worker Kathleen. Adam�s journey will take him across the county and back to his home, searching for a spark to guide him where he truly belongs. Smaller Animals�is a story of living, loving and growing up on Parliament Hill that introduces a powerful new voice in Canadian literature.
Carter Vance is a writer and poet originally from Cobourg, Ontario, Canada currently resident in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. His work has appeared in such publications as The Smart Set, Contemporary Verse 2 and A Midwestern Review, amongst others. He was previously a Harrison Middleton University Ideas Fellow. His latest collection of poems, Places to Be, is currently available from Moonstone Arts Press.
