Longlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize Brilliantly sure-footed, strikingly original, tender and funny, this collection of nine linked stories follows a diverse group of curiously interrelated characters--from bank manager to crackhead to retired Samaritan to web designer to car thief--as they drift through each others' lives in Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside. These engrossing stories, gleefully free of moral judgment, are about people who are searching in the jagged margins of life -- for homes, drugs, ...
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Longlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize Brilliantly sure-footed, strikingly original, tender and funny, this collection of nine linked stories follows a diverse group of curiously interrelated characters--from bank manager to crackhead to retired Samaritan to web designer to car thief--as they drift through each others' lives in Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside. These engrossing stories, gleefully free of moral judgment, are about people who are searching in the jagged margins of life -- for homes, drugs, love, forgiveness. Ranging from the tragically funny opening story "Emergency Contact" to the audacious, crack-fuelled rush of "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" to the deranged and thrilling extreme of "King Me," The Beggar's Garden is a powerful and affecting debut, written with an exceptional eye and ear and heart.
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Very Good+ No Jacket as Issued. Book. Signed by Author(s) First edition, first printing as evidenced by a complete number line from 1 to 9; signed by Michael Christie on the title page with no inscription; a bit of bumping to boards at top of spine; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition.
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