"A Hanging at Dredger's Gulp"; "The Stupidest Man in North America"; "Love Made the Drowned Man Rise"; "The Swami Putts for Par (Kristna Consciousness for Young Golfers"; "Irene's House of Poutine and Abuse"; and much more.. Calling this book an anthology of short stories is like trying to cage a menagerie of exotic creatures in a paper definition. Like trying to trap language that soars with Deelicious Mary's kisses across the air at the Black Duck into old Obbie's heart-shaped tin box, or that smashes into consciousness like porcelain angel scattered across Highway 17 blacktop. O'Flanagan combines rage, humour, epiphanic detail and a kaleidoscope of ironies in a string of 43 vignette-sized wonders, told variously in the voice of men, women and children, but always through the eyes of a Northerner
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About the Author:
Rob O'Flanagan is a writer, visual artist, poet and journalist. His short stories have appeared in Grain, and on CBC Radio. Born on the Canadian prairies, he is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan. He lives in Sudbury, Ontario, where he writes, paints and works as a reporter for The Sudbury Star daily news paper. His articles and photographs have appeared in newspapers across the country, including The National Post, The Globe and Mail and The Edmonton Journal.
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- PublisherCatchFire Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 096803537X
- ISBN 13 9780968035375
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages174
- EditorJohn Kooistra