Strange Fugitive
- Publisher
- Exile Editions
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2011
- Category
- Historical
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550966138
- Publish Date
- Nov 2004
- List Price
- $24.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550961553
- Publish Date
- Dec 2011
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
North America's first gangster novel?originally published in 1928?this page-turning thriller features characters both charming and terrifying. Set in Toronto during the era of speakeasies and underworld vendettas, the tale centers on Harry Trotter, an amoral figure who loses his job and his wife in quick succession. He soon evolves from a bootlegger into a reputable gangster, doing as he pleases and strong-arming anyone who stands in his way. Reviving the narrative that set the literary stage for the hard-boiled crime genre, this is a seething noir tale of crime, murder, betrayal, and knuckle-bruising politics.
About the authors
Morley Callaghan was the author of fifteen novels, including A Time for Judas, It's Never Over, The Loved and the Lost, and Such Is My Beloved. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and received a host of honours in Canada, including the Governor General's Award for Fiction.
Other titles by
Such Is My Beloved
Penguin Modern Classics Edition
Luke Baldwin's Vow
The Complete Stories of Morley Callaghan
Volume Three
Ancient Lineage and Other Stories
It's Never Over
The Loved and the Lost
White Narcissus
More Joy in Heaven
They Shall Inherit the Earth
Morley Callaghan: Essays, Reviews, Meditations and Talks
1928–1990