
This debut novel from Canada, violently thrust into the space between Trainspotting and the writings of J.T. Leroy, features hard-edged protagonist Keith Kavanagh. With gritty accounts of sexual depravity, pyromania, substance abuse, and the botched mercy killing of poisoned...



On the ice, Keith Kavanaugh acts as if he's 'in constant competition with his own penalties-per-minute record', which turns out to reflect his broader approach to life. When he and his girlfriend, Natasha, move to provincial capital St John, Keith's boozing and tripping eventually...