Man of Bone

by Alan Cumyn

Winner, Ottawa-Carleton Book Award Shortlisted, Trillium Award Man of Bone has a thriller's taste for blood, but Alan Cumyn delivers something more: a heart-wrenching portrait of an ordinary Canadian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0864922299
• ISBN13: 9780864922298
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Gripping account of torture and transformation

Cumyn's character Bill Burridge is captured during his diplomatic assignment on a third world tropical island. He undergoes torture and hallucinations. The book is gripping, horrifying at times, yet always eloquent. Cumyn's voice is incredible. He is able to describe Bill's ordeal without being obvious. He brings the reader to the brink and then pulls you back in to a a safer place, leaving the readere to reflect on the value of human life and the value of a poor nation's human rights. Cumyn is a master of flashback. He effortlessly weaves the story back and forth in time, and in and out of the characters hallucinations. An outstanding book with an excellent sequel. (Burridge Unbound)