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Prairie edge : a novel / Conor Kerr.

Kerr, Conor, (author.).

Summary:

"The Giller Prize-longlisted author of Avenue of Champions returns with a frenetic, propulsive crime thriller that doubles as a sharp critique of modern activism and challenges readers to consider what "Land Back" might really look like. Meet Isidore "Ezzy" Desjarlais and Grey Ginther: two distant Métis cousins making the most of Grey's uncle's old trailer, passing their days playing endless games of cribbage and cracking cans of cheap beer in between. Grey, once a passionate advocate for change, has been hardened and turned cynical by an activist culture she thinks has turned performative and lazy. One night, though, she has a revelation, and enlists Ezzy, who is hopelessly devoted to her but eager to avoid the authorities after a life in and out of the group home system and jail, for a bold yet dangerous political mission: capture a herd of bison from a national park and set them free in downtown Edmonton, disrupting the churn of settler routine. But as Grey becomes increasingly single-minded in her newfound calling, their act of protest puts the pair and those close to them in peril, with devastating and sometimes fatal consequences. For readers drawn to the electric storytelling of Morgan Talty and the taut register of Stephen Graham Jones, Conor Kerr's Prairie Edge is at once a gripping, darkly funny caper and a raw reckoning with the wounds that persist across generations."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780771003578
  • Physical Description: 258 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto, ON : Strange Light, 2024.

Content descriptions

Awards Note:
The Giller Prize shortlist, 2024.
Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize shortlist, 2024.
Subject: American bison > Fiction.
Bison > Fiction.
Cousins > Fiction.
Métis > Fiction.
Political activists > Fiction.
Alberta > Fiction.
Edmonton (Alta.) > Fiction.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Psychological fiction.
Social problem fiction.
Novels.
Canadian fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at South Central Regional Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Manitou Library F Ker (Text) 35864003048103 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Morden Library F Ker (Text) 35864003006804 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

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586 . ‡aThe Giller Prize shortlist, 2024.
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