The Garneau Block
by Babiak, Todd
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0771009887
- ISBN 13
- 9780771009884
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
McClelland & Stewart, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Signed ~ As New, A Barely Read Copy - With Newspaper Clippings. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. The Garneau Block Follows The Knowable Citizens Of The Adored And Hated City Of Edmonton, Capturing What We Connect To In Local Stories And What Is Universal About Modern Life. Here, In What Can Only Be Described As A Storytelling Tour-De-Force, We Meet The Warm, Endearing, And Delightfully Flawed Residents Of A Fictional Cul-De-Sac In The City'S Garneau Neighbourhood Just After The Scandalous Death Of A Neighbour And The Sudden News That Their Land Is About To Be Repossessed By The University. When Mysterious Signs Begin To Appear Duct-Taped To Trees Saying Only Let'S Fix It, The Block - Including A Sacked University Professor, A Once-Ambitious, Knocked-Up Haiku Expert Living In Her Parents' Basement, An Aging Actor Whose Dreams Are Slipping Away, And A Quiet But Polite Stranger - Is Galvanized To Band Together In A Wild Attempt To Save Their Homes. And When Regular People Put Their Dreams In Motion, Anything Can Happen - Namely, Political Machinations, Personal Revelations, A Public Uproar, And Unforeseen Love. From A Young Author Whose Name Will Soon Be On Everyone'S Lips Come The Most Lovable Canadian Characters Since Dave And Morley, And A Page-Turning-Good Story. Readers Nationwide Won'T Be Able To Get Enough Of The Garneau Block.
Synopsis
Todd Babiak is the culture columnist for the Edmonton Journal. His first novel, Choke Hold (Turnstone, 2000), won the Writers Guild of Alberta’s Henry Kreisel Award for Best First Book, and was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. It was also optioned for film. A native of Leduc, Alberta, Todd Babiak lives in Edmonton.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007436
- Title
- The Garneau Block
- Author
- Babiak, Todd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771009887
- ISBN 13
- 9780771009884
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, On, Canada
- Date Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 416
- Keywords
- Fiction, Canada, Alberta, Edmonton, Humor, Adult Fiction, Canadian Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Alberta;
- X weight
- 850 g
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