VERY GOOD First Printing Trade Paperback, reprint of 1962 First Edition. SIGNED by author W.O. Mitchell on the title page. Clean, tight, light edge wear to wraps, no spine creases, pages slightly tanned otherwise FINE. 5.25" by 7.75", 210 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Kite (signed by author)

Publisher

Macmillan of Canada - Laurentian Library 20, Toronto

Publication Date

1974

Language

English

ISBN 10

0770511767

ISBN 13

9780770511760

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

Very Good

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Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

W.O. Mitchell's critically acclaimed novel, The Kite, is a humorous yet touching story of a journalist's worst nightmare. Now, fans of the master storyteller will be delighted to discover that The Kite has been added to the BTC Audiobooks' growing Mitchell library. Adapted and narrated by Mitchell himself, this recording languished forgotten for years, after it was recorded on reel-to-reel in 1989. The publication of this newly discovered and never-before-published edition of the novel in audio format will not only thrill fans, but also introduce a whole new generation of readers to the rampaging Daddy Sherry, described by Margaret Laurence as a "holy terror". Set in the Prairie backwater of Shelby, Alberta, seasoned reporter and minor television celebrity David Lang arrives to write a magazine feature on the town's oldest living citizen, the 111-year-old curmudgeon Daddy Sherry. Still recovering from the disappointments of a fatherless childhood, the uptight David just wants to file his story as quickly as possible and hightail it back to Toronto. But he hasn't reckoned on the cantankerous cunning of Daddy Sherry. As David chases his recalcitrant subject all over town, he begins to understand the meaning of life and finds love and happiness for the first time. This superb recording of the classic novel by one of Canada's best-loved writers coincides with the publication of a new edition of The Kite from Goose Lane Editions.

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The Kite is W.O. Mitchell's hilarious and often poignant tale of a clever old man and the journalist he leads on a wild goose chase. Seasoned reporter David Lang arrives in Shelby, Alberta, to write a magazine feature on the town's oldest citizen, the 111-year-old curmudgeon Daddy Sherry.

David wants only to file his story and hightail it back to Toronto. But he hasn't reckoned on the cantankerous cunning of Daddy Sherry. As David attempts to figure out what makes Daddy tick, he begins to understand the true meaning of life and, for the first time, finds love and happiness.

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