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The Ravine

The Ravine


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Every childhood contains at least one ravine-one episode where the normal fabric of everyday life rips and the monsters come roaring out. But only Giller-nominated novelist Paul Quarrington could make that moment both profound and profoundly funny. Phil McQuigge's marriage is over, he has lost his job as the producer of a wildly successful TV series, and has also lost the star of that series, who died on the set under mysterious circumstances that seem to be all Phil's fault. So Phil, who self-medicates for guilt and despair with liberal quantities of alcohol and what remains of his wit, sets out on a redemptive quest. He has narrowed down the source of his mid-life freefall to the lingering consequences of an ugly incident that happened in a suburban ravine when he was a boy, on an afternoon of adventure with his little brother, Jay, and their hapless tagalong, Norman Kitchen. Phil decides that if he can only find and make amends to Norman Kitchen then just maybe the planets will once again align benevolently with his fate. Paul Quarrington describes his tenth novel as what would happen if he had written Mystic River. He has a point: in his hands, comedy rides on top of a tragic undertow as the novel follows the surprising echoes of boyhood trauma in the lives of all three men. The extra surprise twist at the end? What Phil ends up having to atone for is not the sin he thinks he has committed.

About the Author :
The author of ten novels, Paul Quarrington is also a musician (most recently in the band Porkbelly Futures), an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, and an acclaimed non-fiction writer. Paul Quarrington's last novel, Galveston, was nominated for the Giller Prize; King Leary""won the CBC's 2008 Canada Reads competition and the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal; and Whale Music was awarded the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. Recently, Porkbelly Futures' self-titled second CD has been released to widespread acclaim, and Paul Quarrington's short film adaptation of The Ravine, entitled "Pavane," was featured in the Moving Stories Short Film Festival. Paul Quarrington's non-fiction writing includes books on some of his favourite pastimes, such as fishing, hockey, and music. His next book, The Song, is due out from Greystone Books in 2009. A regular contributor of book reviews, travel columns, and journalism to Canada's national newspapers and magazines, he also teaches writing at Humber College and the University of Toronto. An (extremely) amateur magician and would-be mariner, Paul Quarrington lives in Toronto.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780307356147
  • Publisher: Random House Canada
  • Publisher Imprint: Random House Canada
  • Height: 231 mm
  • No of Pages: 291
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0307356140
  • Publisher Date: 11 Mar 2008
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 558 gr


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