By the Giller Prize-winning author of Fifteen Dogs . A contemporary version of Gulliver’s Travels through a dreamscape version of small-town North America. Beautiful illustrations of plants both real and implausible.
Winner of the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize[b]Finalist for the 2015 Toronto Book Awards[b]Winner of the 2015 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize"[Alexis] devises an inventive romp through the nature of humanity in this beautiful, entertaining read … A clever exploration of our essence, communication, and how our societies are organized." – [b] Kirkus Reviews "This might be the best set-up of the spring." – The Globe & Mail "André...
Although the Green Dolphin is a bar of ill repute, it is there that Tancred Palmieri, a thief with elegant and erudite tastes, meets Willow Azarian, an aging heroin addict. She reveals to Tancred that her very wealthy father has recently passed away, leaving each of his five children a mysterious object that provides one clue to the whereabouts of a large inheritance. Willow enlists Tancred to steal these objects from her siblings and solve the puzzle. A Japanese screen, a painting that plays...
Alexis is a hugely acclaimed Canadian writer, having won the Books in Canada First Novel Award and Trillium Book Award, as well as having been shortlisted for the Giller Prize and Writers' Trust Fiction PrizeAlexis was born in Trinidad, and identifies as a Caribbean-Canadian writer
Es beginnt wie so viele seltsame Geschichten in einer Bar. Die Götter Hermes und Apoll streiten darüber, was geschähe, wenn man Tiere mit menschlicher Intelligenz ausstatten würde. Sie schließen eine Wette ab und geben fünfzehn Hunden, die in einer Tierklinik untergebracht sind, Bewusstsein und Sprache. Die Hunde, plötzlich zu komplexem Denken fähig, entkommen und bilden ein Rudel. Einige von ihnen widerstehen den neuen Möglichkeiten und ziehen ihr altes Hundeleben vor, die anderen nehmen die...
