Set in the mid-1920s in the isolated, working-class parish of Nativité in East-end Montreal, the novel chronicles the aftermath of a deadly fire—75 people die when a neighborhood restaurant is burned to the ground by an arsonist.
Set in the mid-1920s in the isolated, working-class parish of Nativité in East-end Montreal, the novel recounts the aftermath of a catastrophic fire—75 people perish when a neighborhood restaurant is consumed by flames set by an arsonist.