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Burrard Inlet is the body of water that divides Vancouver's North
Shore from the rest of the Lower Mainland. In this collection of
award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses that rugged landscape as a
backdrop for characters who are struggling against the elements,
each other, and themselves. A search-and-rescue volunteer looks for
a missing snowboarder on Christmas Eve; two brothers retreat to the
woods to shoot a film in memory of their dead friend; a reclusive
forestry worker picks up a hitcher on his way down Mount Seymour; a
young man finds a temporary haven on the ice barge where he works.
Written in a lean, muscular style, these are stories awash in blood
and brine, and steeped in images of freedom and confinement. Within
that narrative framework, Burrard Inlet becomes more than a
geographical location: it is a liminal space, a boundary and a
barrier, a threshold to be crossed.
All it takes to change a life is a single moment. A random stabbing
on a London bus leaves Eira stripped of a future that should have
been hers and propels her into a life skewed out of all
recognition. In Prague, the city where she and her husband got
engaged, the city where now she flees to in her grief, a chance
meeting leads to an intriguing proposition. There's a small job for
someone like her: someone without a criminal record or personal
connections; someone willing to take a minor risk. All she needs to
do is pick something up, and drive back. Just once. Only ever once.
Her mission takes her to a place where life is cheap and sordid
deals are done. Risking her own life to save another, she must
confront unspeakable evil and outrun those who would betray her.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2018 'A
great, gripping story, ferociously well-written, with characters
that live and breathe' STEF PENNEY, bestselling author of Under a
Pole Star Tim Harding has spent the fishing season in Canada
working as a deckhand, making an honest living. When his hot-headed
younger brother tracks him down at the shipyards in Vancouver, Tim
senses trouble. Jake is a drifter, a dreamer, an ex-con, and now he
needs help in repaying a debt to the notorious Delaney gang. So
begins an epic, unpredictable odyssey across land and sea as the
brothers journey down to the Delaney's ranch in the U.S., chased by
customs officials, freak storms and the gnawing feeling that their
luck is about to run out. But while they may be able to outrun the
law, there's no escaping the ghosts of their tragic family past and
neither is prepared for who and what awaits at the other end...
Four friends. One intensely hot summer that will change their lives
forever. When a group of hedonistic teenagers save a woman from
drowning they become unlikely local heroes, but their celebrity
becomes the focus for first envy, then harassment. Fireball takes
us through their last summer together, and one that will come to
define their future: a summer of sex, chemical experimentation,
shifting loyalties and disillusionment.
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Fireball (Paperback)
Tyler Keevil
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R316
R259
Discovery Miles 2 590
Save R57 (18%)
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In this tense coming of age novel, the story opens at the end of an
intensely hot summer in Vancouver as Chris, a complex and
misunderstood youth, has just driven a stolen police car through a
road block and over a cliff to his death. Unraveling the events
that lead to such a death, the novel traces the lives of four
teenagers and the months that will come to define their future.
Hailed as heroes for saving a drowning woman, boys soon attract
unwanted attention as minor celebrities and, as the weeks go by,
the public admiration is replaced with envy--and then
harassment--until the pressure builds to the final fiery climax.
Darkly comic and cinematic in tone, this dramatic debut novel
captures the spirit of spent youth.
All it takes to change a life is a single moment. A random stabbing
on a London bus leaves Eira stripped of a future that should have
been hers and propels her into a life skewed out of all
recognition. In Prague, the city where she and her husband got
engaged, the city where now she flees to in her grief, a chance
meeting leads to an intriguing proposition. There's a small job for
someone like her: someone without a criminal record or personal
connections; someone willing to take a minor risk. All she needs to
do is pick something up, and drive back. Just once. Only ever once.
Her mission takes her to a place where life is cheap and sordid
deals are done. Risking her own life to save another, she must
confront unspeakable evil and outrun those who would betray her.
Winner of the Writers' Trust of Canada Journey Prize Longlisted for
the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, Burrard Inlet is the body of water
that divides Vancouver's North Shore from the rest of the Lower
Mainland. In this collection of award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil
uses that rugged landscape as a backdrop for characters who are
struggling against the elements, each other, and themselves.A
search-and-rescue volunteer looks for a missing snowboarder on
Christmas Eve; two brothers retreat to the woods to shoot a film in
memory of their dead friend; a reclusive forestry worker picks up a
hitcher on his way down Mount Seymour; a young man finds a
temporary haven on the ice barge where he works. Written in a lean,
muscular style, these are stories awash in blood and brine, and
steeped in images of freedom and confinement. Within that narrative
framework, Burrard Inlet becomes more than a geographical location:
it is a liminal space, a boundary and a barrier, a threshold to be
crossed.
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The Drive (Paperback)
Tyler Keevil
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R299
R250
Discovery Miles 2 500
Save R49 (16%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A single call from his Czech girlfriend catapults Trevor into a
serious crisis. Desperate to get his mojo back, he blazes down
Highway 99 in a rented Dodge Neon. But soon his journey to
California is fraught with peril, and all he has for protection are
a semi-automatic pistol, his trusty plastic visor and a flea-ridden
cat. As the drugs and the heartbreak kick in, the question is no
longer whether Trevor will get over his girlfriend's infidelity,
but whether he'll get out alive.
Original tales by remarkable writers Hometown Tales is a series of
books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented
and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction
and some are narrative non-fiction - they are all powerful,
fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and
explore the meaning of home. In these pages on Wales, you'll find
two unique short stories. 'Last Seen Leaving' is a gripping account
of the days following the disappearance of a local man by
award-winning writer Tyler Keevil. 'The Lion and the Star' by
Eluned Gramich is a vivid retelling of the Welsh language protests
that electrified Cardiganshire in the 1970s and the impact of the
protests on ordinary lives.
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