The Long Stretch (Signed and Lined, Canadian First Edition; First Printing)

MacIntyre, Linden

ISBN 10: 0773732098 / ISBN 13: 9780773732094

Edité par Stoddart Publishing Company Limited, Toronto, ON, 1999

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A fine / fine first edition and first printing copy, purchased new and unread; signed by Linden MacIntyre on the title page with a passage from end of the book, "His face is saying something like;There is so much more." There is a small remainder mark to the bottom text block. Only opened for signing. A unique and scarce copy; signed by the Giller Prize winner of 2009.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Long Stretch (Signed and Lined, Canadian First Edition; First Printing)
• Éditeur: Stoddart Publishing Company Limited, Toronto, ON
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0773732098
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780773732094
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Book by Macintyre Linden

Présentation de l'éditeur

From a gifted storyteller and one of Canada’s most respectedjournalists, The Long Stretch is a saga of love and war, the story ofthose who have "gone away" and those who are compelled to stay.

In one apocalyptic night, John Gillis and his estranged cousinSextus confront a half century of half-truths and suppositions that have shapedand scarred their lives, their families and their insular Cape Breton community.Telling stories that unravel a host of secrets, they begin to realize that theywere damaged before they were born, their fathers and a close friend forming anunholy trilogy in a tragic moment of war. Among the roots of a complex andpainful relationship, they uncover the truth of a fateful day John has spent 20years trying to forget.

Taut and brilliantly paced, etched with quiet humour and craftedwith fiery dialogue, The Long Stretch is a mesmerizing novel inthe tradition of Alistair MacLeod, David Adams Richards and Ann-Marie MacDonald.