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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     MacNeil, Robert, 1931-     Subjects     Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 -- Fiction.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Fiction.     Disasters -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Fiction.     Dartmouth Book Award.     Halifax (N.S.) -- History -- Fiction.     Nova Scotia -- History -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      MacNeil, Robert, 1931-       by title:      Burden of desire / R...       by call number:      FICTION MACN     Search the Web     MacNeil, Robert, 1931-     Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 -- Fiction.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Fiction.     Disasters -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Fiction.     Dartmouth Book Award.     Halifax (N.S.) -- History -- Fiction.     Nova Scotia -- History -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Burden of desire / Robert MacNeil. by MacNeil, Robert, 1931- N.A. Talese/Doubleday, 1992. Call #: FICTION MACN Subjects Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 -- Fiction.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Fiction.   Disasters -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Fiction.   Dartmouth Book Award.   Halifax (N.S.) -- History -- Fiction.   Nova Scotia -- History -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781459503106 (2014 Formac Pub. trade pbk.) 9780385420198 0385420196 0440280001 (Dell pbk.) 0440215099 (Dell pbk.) 9780156006095 (1998 Harvest pbk.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  466 p. : map ; 25 cm. Notes:  Map on lining papers. Summary:  Set against a vived backdrop of a world at war, Burden of Desire opens with a cataclysmic explosions that provides the novel's extraordinary central metaphor. The blast and its aftermath, which devastates Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1917, rocks the lives of the three major characters, and ensures that the world as they know it will never be the same again. Brilliantly blending suspense and eroticism with rich historical detail, Robert MacNeil sets the stage for one of the most provocative tales of desire and obsession to be found in recent fiction. Magnificent in scope, Burden of Desire is work of rare emotional power in which acts of love and war come vividly and sensually to life. Awards:  Winner of the Dartmouth Book & Writing Award for fiction, 1993. Genre:  Disaster fiction. Canadian fiction. Historical fiction. Holds:  4   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION MACN Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked out Jul 08, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION MACN Adult books Transit Request   Add Copy to MyList Home Delivery - HN Adult Fiction FICTION MACN Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked out Jul 18, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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