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Modern Classics Telling Of Lies
Timothy Findley

Modern Classics Telling Of Lies

Penguin Canada (APB) (Jul 01, 2008)
9780143055044
| Paperback
328 pages | 132 x 201 mm

Subject

  • Fiction / General
  • Travel / Hotels, Inns & Hostels

Plot

Product Description The body of wealthy Calder Maddox is found on the beach, the stately Aurora Sands Hotel supplies the suspects, and amateur sleuth and photographer Nessa Van Horne investigates a grisly murder and man's inhumanity to man. Introduction by Charles ForanCharles Foran is the acclaimed author of three novels, including House on Fire and Butterfly Lovers, and three non-fiction works, including the Governor General's Award–finalist The Last House of Ulster. Charles lives in Peterborough, Ontario. About the Author Timothy Findley (1930-2002) was one of Canada's most compelling and best-loved writers. He is the author of The Wars, which won the Governor General's Award and established him as one of Canada's leading writers, as well as Pilgrim and The Piano Man's Daughter, both finalists for The Giller Prize. His other novels, Headhunter, The Telling of Lies, The Last of the Crazy People, The Butterfly Plague, Famous Last Words, Not Wanted on the Voyage, and Spadework; his novella, You Went Away; and his short fiction, Dinner Along the Amazon, Stones, and Dust to Dust, have won numerous awards and are well loved both in Canada and internationally. Elizabeth Rex won the Governor General's Award for Drama and The Stillborn Lover won a Chalmers Award. His works of non-fiction include Inside Memory and From Stone Orchard.Timothy Findley was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. if (SYM == "BIO") { document.writeln(""); } else { document.writeln(""); }

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