Secrets, Lies, Worlds Unknown, and the Writer's Plight

Fourteen entertaining and compelling short stories involving ghosts, monsters, a haunted house, mysterious disappearances and enigmatic returns, hockey games with the Rocket himself, botched attempts at human smuggling and attempted murder, cult-like self-mutilations, and stories of suicide are thre...

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Published inCanadian Literature no. 228/229; pp. 228 - 455
Main Author Miraglia, Anne Marie
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Vancouver The University of British Columbia - Canadian Literature 22.03.2016
Pacific Affairs. The University of British Columbia
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Archibald, Samuel (1978- )
Boys
Funerals
Novels
Proust, Marcel (1871-1922)
Writers
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Summary:Fourteen entertaining and compelling short stories involving ghosts, monsters, a haunted house, mysterious disappearances and enigmatic returns, hockey games with the Rocket himself, botched attempts at human smuggling and attempted murder, cult-like self-mutilations, and stories of suicide are threaded together primarily through colourful portrayals of "an Arvida [Archibald's hometown] that wasn't entirely fictional."
ISSN:0008-4360