Tip of the Iceberg is a remarkable story of a boyhood lived at the gateway to Canada's far north. The narrator, raised by a stern, secretive father barely knowable to his son, is spellbound by the country that lies beyond his small town. He is fascinated by white expanses, the harsh lives of indigenous peoples and animals, and the exploits of the legendary explorers.A memoir of self-discovery, Tip of the Iceberg samples the history and lore of the frozen wastelands as it reveals a young man's journey across his family's past. O'Connor's spare and elegant prose conveys the heartbreaking weight of the unspoken and unseen: relatives who never call or visit, photographs locked in a cedar chest, forgotten obituaries in back issues of the local newspaper.

Larry O'Connor is currently an editor with New York Post. His first book, Tip of the Iceberg (University of Georgia Press/Three O'Clock Press) was the only memoir short-listed for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing in 2003.

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