Horizon Information Portal

e-branch

Home

My Account/Renew Loans

Find Magazine Articles & more

The animals / Cary Fagan.

by Fagan, Cary.

View full image

Book*hug Press, 2022.

Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.

9781771667647 (trade pbk)

249 p. ; 20 cm.

"In a quaint tourist village, Dorn makes miniature scale models displayed in the local shops. Yet life is far from idyllic; he suffers under the thumb of a rich, philandering younger brother and an unloving, pudding-obsessed father. Nor can he find the courage to admit his love to Ravenna, the tall and ungainly school teacher who was once the village's only Olympics hope. Life takes a strange turn when the government-sponsored 'Wild Home Project' begins in the village. Dorn's neighbour now lives with a wolf. Others are in company with rats, minks, otters, and bears. Soon, Dorn receives a mysterious commission, finds a body in a park, and has several run-ins with a former classmate-turned police officer. When fire breaks out, Dorn takes on the unlikely role of hero in the hope of changing the course of his life. A realist novel with the air of a fairy tale, this surprising, funny and thought-provoking story from beloved author Cary Fagan explores the nature of relationships faunal and human, reminds us of the challenges of finding one's place in society...and that living with a wolf is not a very good idea"--Publisher.

Canadian fiction.

Literary fiction.

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal