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Mahihkan Lake : a novel / R.P. MacIntyre.

by MacIntyre, R. P. (Roderick Peter), 1947-

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Thistledown Press Ltd., 2015.

Siblings -- Fiction.

9781771870535 (trade pbk.)

234 p. ; 22 cm.

Immediately before his tragic death, stuttering mechanic Dave visits his younger brother Denny with a note for their sister Dianne. D-don't r-read it. D-don't open it. D-don't nnothing it, Dave commands before taking off one last time for the abandoned family cabin at Mahihkan Lake, a place where disputes are settled with shotguns and arson is written off as an act of God. After the funeral and a brief stint in rehab for the gin-dependent Denny he and Dianne head north to spread their adopted brother's ashes and attempt to rebuild their fractured relationship. Meanwhile Harold, a truck driver who has lost everything, sets out on a solo canoe trip towards his own cabin at Mahihkan, but a series of mishaps.

Canadian fiction.

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