The son of a certain woman / Wayne Johnston.
The son of a certain woman / Wayne Johnston.
By
:
Johnston, Wayne, 1958-
Publication Date
:
2013
Publication Information
:
Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada,
Physical Description
:
435 p.
Subject Term
:
Coming of age -- Fiction.
Historical fiction, Canadian.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Summary
:
Percy Joyce is afflicted from birth with a congenital disfigurement but a regular boy on the cusp of teenage-hood, filled with yearning, wild with hormones, longing for what he can't have, for wanting to be let in...and let out; and his disturbingly alluring mother, Penelope, whose sex appeal fairly leaps off the page. Every man in St. John's lusts after her, including her sister-in-law Medina, her paying border, Pops MacDougall, with whom she carries on an affair of convenience - and Percy.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780345807892
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