Original, amazing writing, educational, shocking. A stunning history of the Iroquois and the Jesuits in Canada. This is the reality show version of all that grade school Canadian history.
Boyden's first novel, Three Day Road, won the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
His second novel, Through Black Spruce won the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
His third book, The Orenda, won the 2014 edition of Canada Reads.
Another John Cardinal mystery, set in northern Ontario.
A father and daughter story (I think) about a man broken by alcoholism and PST ecxerbated by the Viet Nam war. It takes place in the Northern Ontario and US midwest. There is also something going on about a town being flooded by the building of a dam. A very disappointing book. I skimmed the last 75 pages just to see what really happened in Viet Nam. Just some killing of civilians --- nothing to distinguish it.
The writing style made me think of the writing style. Almost the same as the narration in the old TV show The Waltons.
Too bad, a great idea.
2010 Giller Price winner.
