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A dark house : and other stories / Ian Colford.

by Colford, Ian.

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Vagrant Press, an imprint of Nimbus Publishing, 2019.

9781771087643 (trade pbk.)

184 p. ; 22 cm.

"In Ian Colford's latest collection, people get themselves and those they love into situations awkward and sometimes dangerous, doing what they think is best for all. A man kidnaps his young son from his ex-wife and the road trip west quickly spirals out of control; a destitute mother makes a risky alliance with a neighbour; an almost comically wrong-headed older brother has a detective follow his sister; a retired shop-owner in north end Halifax reflects on his life before making a snap decision to change the course of his sunset years. Colford depicts his characters' shortcomings with wit and generosity, in a plainspoken style that belies deeply nuanced portrayals of the questions of fortune, inevitability, and self-preservation."--Publisher.

Canadian fiction.

Short stories, Canadian.

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