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Shortlisted for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize!
When Morris Schutt, a prominent newspaper columnist, surveys his life over the past year, he sees disaster everywhere. His son has just been killed in Afghanistan, and his newspaper has put him on indefinite leave; his psychiatrist wife, Lucille, seems headed for the door; he is strongly attracted to Ursula, the wife of a dairy farmer from Minnesota; and his daughter appears to be having an affair with one of her professors.
What is a thinking man to do but turn to Cicero and Plato and Socrates in search of the truth? Or better still, call one of those discreet “dating services” in search of happiness? But happiness, as Morris discovers, is not that easy to find.
David Bergen’s most accomplished novel yet is an unforgettable story with a vitality and charm and intelligence all its own. Bergen proves once again that he is one of our finest writers, dazzling us with his wit and touching us with his compassion.
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"Bergen writes earnestly about dignity and duty, particularly as they apply to fatherhood and women . . . The novel is as strong as his introspection: 'Questions flitted about his brain, and sometimes, on the verge of grasping an answer, he felt a moment of contentment. I am on the earth for no reason other than to be Morris Schutt.'” Booklist
DAVID BERGEN is an award-winning author of five previousnovels and a collection of short stories. A Year of Lesser was aNew York Times Notable Book and The Case of Lena S. wasa finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction. In 2005,Bergen won the Giller Prize for The Time in Between. His sixthnovel, The Matter with Morris, was shortlisted for the Giller Prizein 2010. A recent winner of the Writers’ Trust Award for a writerin mid-career, Bergen lives with his family in Winnipeg.
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"Bergen writes earnestly about dignity and duty, particularly as they apply to fatherhood and women . . . The novel is as strong as his introspection: 'Questions flitted about his brain, and sometimes, on the verge of grasping an answer, he felt a moment of contentment. I am on the earth for no reason other than to be Morris Schutt.'” Booklist
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- PublisherPhyllis Bruce Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1554687748
- ISBN 13 9781554687749
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages272
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