A comic, magic realist take on the October Crisis of 1970, the novel won the 2004 Books in Canada First Novel Award, and was shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel.
A humorous, magical realist portrayal of the October Crisis of 1970, the novel earned the 2004 Books in Canada First Novel Award and was nominated for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel.