Some great thing.
Some great thing.
By
:
Hill, Lawrence, 1957-
Publication Date
:
1992
Subject Term
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Reporters and reporting -- Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Geographic Term
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Winnipeg (Man.) -- Fiction.
Manitoba -- Fiction.
Summary
:
Manhattan Grafton is a disillusioned university graduate burdened with a famous name, and suffering from the curse of his generation - a total lack of interest in the state of the world. The son of a retired railway porter from Winnipeg, he returns home for a job as a reporter with The Winnipeg Herald. Soon Mahatma is coping local stories of murder and mayhem, breaking a promise to himself to avoid writing victim stories. As Mahatma is unexpectedly drawn into the inflammatory issue of French-language rights in Manitoba, with all its racial side-channels, he is surprised to find that he has a social conscience. Combating his boss's flair for weaving hysteria into his stories, Mahatma learns that to stay afloat he must remain true to himself. Populated with colourful characters - including an unlikely welfare crusader, a burned-out fellow reporter, a French-language-rights activist, and a visiting journalist from Cameroon- Some Great Thing is a fascinating portrait of a major urban newspaper and a deeply perceptive story of one man's coming of age.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781554686940
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Conception Bay South (ACS) | Adult Fic Softcover | Adult Fiction Softcover | FIC HIL | Checked In |
Cow Head (WCH) | Adult Fic Softcover | Adult Fiction Softcover | FIC HIL | Checked In |
Woody Point (WWP) | Adult Fic Softcover | Adult Fiction Softcover | FIC HIL | Checked In |