The Antagonist-Advance Reading Copy
by Lynn Coady
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0887842968
- ISBN 13
- 9780887842962
- Seller
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Advance Reading Copy-Tight, clean and unmarked-" A piercing epistolary novel, The Antagonist explores, with wit and compassion, how the impressions of others shape, pervert and flummox both our perceptions of ourselves and our very nature.-Gordon Rankin Jr., aka Rank, thinks of himself as King Midas in reverse and indeed misfortune seems to follow him at every turn. Against his will and his nature, he has long been considered given his enormous size and strength a goon and enforcer by his classmates, by his hockey coaches, and, not least, by his tiny, angry father. He gamely lives up to their expectations, until a vicious twist of fate forces him to flee underground. Now pushing forty, he discovers that an old, trusted friend from his college days has published a novel that borrows freely from the traumatic events of Rank's own life. Outraged by this betrayal and feeling cruelly misrepresented, he bashes out his own version of his story in a barrage of e-mails to the novelist that range from funny to furious to heartbreaking.-With The Antagonist, Lynn Coady demonstrates all of the gifts that have made her one of Canada?s most respected young writers. Here she gives us an astonishing story of sons and fathers and mothers, of the rewards and betrayals of male friendship, and a large-spirited, hilarious, and exhilarating portrait of a man tearing his life apart in order to put himself back together."
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- Bookseller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13787
- Title
- The Antagonist-Advance Reading Copy
- Author
- Lynn Coady
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0887842968
- ISBN 13
- 9780887842962
- Publisher
- House of Anansi Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8 vo
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