The Phoenix Lottery

by Allan Stratton

Shortlisted for the 2001 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. In a desperate attempt to save his foundering charity ” and to exorcise a few personal demons ” Canadian philanthropist Junior Beamish creates a lottery in which the winner gets to publicly torch an original van Gogh. A grand comedy about art, commerce and untidy family relationships, The Phoenix Lottery sweeps from Mafia hits in post-war Italy to post-millennial Vatican intrigue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1896332161
• ISBN13: 9781896332161
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Cormorant Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 8.6"