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Summer Gone have occurred decades later involving his wife or his son. This technique ties all of Bay's summer stories together into one when he tells it to his son. The narration of this story is told by Caz's half brother, from a one-night stand of Bailey's, as an adult, retelling what Caz had told him. Summer Gone Summer Gone is the first novel by Canadian writer David Macfarlane. Published in 1999 by Knopf Canada, "Summer Gone" was a national bestseller in Canada. It was nominated for the Giller Prize, and won the Books in Canada First Novel Award. The book deals