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\n\nVancouver-based Christopher Meades is the author of The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark (ECW Press). His story “The Walking Lady” won the 2009 Toyon Fiction Prize. Find him online at ChristopherMeades.com.
Published: April 2012
\nISBN: 9781550229738
\nDimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
\nPages: 240
\n“Meades reveals himself a gifted writer, deft with descriptions splashing surrealistic images.” — Kirkus Reviews
\n“Christopher Meades’s writing feels like an artform in itself … if you enjoy dark-ish humour, Canadian literature or books that are just different, this is the book for you.” — Just a Girl Geek
\n“A beautifully written novel, part folk tale, part parable.” — Will Ferguson, author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel 419
\n“Extremely clever, dark, surreal, and unexpectedly poignant. I certainly hope Chris continues to push himself into the unexpected, for I sense there are fathoms of fantastic weirdness in him just aching to be discovered.” — Shelf Monkey
\n“A strange and surprisingly touching novel about how people find good and evil where they look for them.” — Booklist\n
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The Last Hiccup
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“A strange and surprisingly touching novel about how people find good and evil where they look for them.” — Booklist
“A beautifully written novel, part folk tale, part parable.” — Will Ferguson, author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning 419
Winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction
In 1930s Russia, an eight-year-old boy named Vladimir is suddenly stricken with a chronic case of the hiccups. He soon finds himself spirited away to a Moscow hospital by the famous physician Sergei Namestikov, who puts him through a series of extraordinary — and often bizarre — treatments in an effort to find a cure.
Then Sergei’s chief medical rival, the brilliant Alexander Afiniganov, determines that beneath Vladimir’s blank eyes lurks a pure, unbridled evil — and takes steps to remove the child from polite society. Abandoned by everyone but his hiccups, Vladimir is about to embark on a journey that is funny, poignant, and surreal — and that takes a close look at the nature of good and evil.
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Remember that most stores can easily order books they don’t currently have in stock.
Vancouver-based Christopher Meades is the author of The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark (ECW Press). His story “The Walking Lady” won the 2009 Toyon Fiction Prize. Find him online at ChristopherMeades.com.
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Published: April 2012
ISBN: 9781550229738
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
Pages: 240
“Meades reveals himself a gifted writer, deft with descriptions splashing surrealistic images.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Christopher Meades’s writing feels like an artform in itself … if you enjoy dark-ish humour, Canadian literature or books that are just different, this is the book for you.” — Just a Girl Geek
“A beautifully written novel, part folk tale, part parable.” — Will Ferguson, author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel 419
“Extremely clever, dark, surreal, and unexpectedly poignant. I certainly hope Chris continues to push himself into the unexpected, for I sense there are fathoms of fantastic weirdness in him just aching to be discovered.” — Shelf Monkey
“A strange and surprisingly touching novel about how people find good and evil where they look for them.” — Booklist
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“A strange and surprisingly touching novel about how people find good and evil where they look for them.” — Booklist
“A beautifully written novel, part folk tale, part parable.” — Will Ferguson, author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning 419
Winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction
In 1930s Russia, an eight-year-old boy named Vladimir is suddenly stricken with a chronic case of the hiccups. He soon finds himself spirited away to a Moscow hospital by the famous physician Sergei Namestikov, who puts him through a series of extraordinary — and often bizarre — treatments in an effort to find a cure.
Then Sergei’s chief medical rival, the brilliant Alexander Afiniganov, determines that beneath Vladimir’s blank eyes lurks a pure, unbridled evil — and takes steps to remove the child from polite society. Abandoned by everyone but his hiccups, Vladimir is about to embark on a journey that is funny, poignant, and surreal — and that takes a close look at the nature of good and evil.
Check availability at your local Canadian independent bookstore:
Remember that most stores can easily order books they don’t currently have in stock.
Vancouver-based Christopher Meades is the author of The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark (ECW Press). His story “The Walking Lady” won the 2009 Toyon Fiction Prize. Find him online at ChristopherMeades.com.
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Published: April 2012
ISBN: 9781550229738
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
Pages: 240
“Meades reveals himself a gifted writer, deft with descriptions splashing surrealistic images.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Christopher Meades’s writing feels like an artform in itself … if you enjoy dark-ish humour, Canadian literature or books that are just different, this is the book for you.” — Just a Girl Geek
“A beautifully written novel, part folk tale, part parable.” — Will Ferguson, author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel 419
“Extremely clever, dark, surreal, and unexpectedly poignant. I certainly hope Chris continues to push himself into the unexpected, for I sense there are fathoms of fantastic weirdness in him just aching to be discovered.” — Shelf Monkey
“A strange and surprisingly touching novel about how people find good and evil where they look for them.” — Booklist
