Dig / Terry Doyle.
Dig / Terry Doyle.
By
:
Doyle, Terry, 1951-
Publication Date
:
2019
Publication Information
:
St. John's, N.L. : Breakwater Books,
Physical Description
:
223 p.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Short stories.
Summary
:
In twelve dialed-in and exceptionally honed short stories, Terry Doyle presents an enduring assortment of character channelled through the chain reactions of misfortune and redemption. A construction worker's future is bound to a feckless and suspicious workmate. A young woman's burgeoning social activism is constrained by hardship and the desperation of selling puppies online. A wedding guest recognizes a panhandler attending the reception. And a man crafts a concealed weapon with which to carry out his nightly circuit of paltry retribution. Through keen-eyed observation, and with an impressive economy of statement, Doyle conveys these characters over a backdrop of private absurdities and confusions - countering the overbearance of a post-tragic age with grit, irony, and infinitesimal signs of hope.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781550817591
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC DOY |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | ADULT FIC NL - BASEMENT | Adult Fiction NL - Basement | FIC DOY |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC DOY |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Fiction NL Reference Provincial Collection | FIC DOY |
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St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC DOY |
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