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<p>in The Tradition Of Cormac Mccarthy, Acclaimed Canadian Author Guy Vanderhaeghe Explores The Geographic And Spiritual Frontier Of The American West, From The Lawless Borderlands Between America And Canada In The 1870s To The Birth Of The Hollywood Mythmaking Machine In The 1920s. As The Novel's Two Linked Narratives Move Back And Forth In Time, Vanderhaeghe Explores The Innate Lawlessness Of All Such Border Zones, Their Instability And Propensity For Violence. The Winner Of Canada's Prestigious Governor General's Award, <i>the Englishman's Boy</i> Is A Serious Yet Viscerally Exciting Examination Of History And Our Telling Of It.</p><h3>kirkus Reviews</h3><p>an Ambitious Novel, Set Along The Us-canadian Border And In Hollywood, That Won For Its Author (homesick, 1990, Etc.) Canada's Prestigious Governor General's Award.<p>the Story Consists Of Parallel Narratives, The First Taking Place In 1873 When A Band Of Wolfers (wolf-hunters) Camped In The Northern Montana Territory Lose Their Horses To A Furtive Indian Raiding Party. A Determined Posse Pursues The Thieves Northward Into Saskatchewan, Where A Terrible Vengeance Is Exacted. Among Those Avengers Are The Mysterious Title Chara

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Author

Vanderhaeghe, Guy, 1951-

Publisher

New York: Picador USA

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312168230

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, History

Rating

3.79 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14