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Highlights
- Lower Canada, 1804.
- About the Author: Tristan Hughes was born in Atikokan in northern Ontario and brought up on the Welsh island of Ynys Mon.
- 380 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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Book Synopsis
Lower Canada, 1804. Arthur Stanton, lacking direction in his life and desperately seeking the approval of his father, wanders the streets of Montreal filled with daydreams of exotic lands and adventures inspired by novels and traveller's tales. On a sudden whim he decides to sign up as a clerk in the fur trade and is sent on a mission to recover a cache of furs obtained from a secret beaver El Dorado. Accompanied by a down-at-heel band of voyageurs, led by a disgraced and drunken trader, he embarks on a journey by birchbark canoe into the northern wilderness. Paddling from Lachine to Lake Superior, and then across the unresolved border between Canada and the United States, Arthur's travels will take him into a series of baffling new worlds, where he will prove himself to be hapless in trade, hopeless in love, and terrified of the landscapes and peoples that surround him. Stumbling from one mishap into another, he will at last fall into disaster, seemingly betray his friends and companions, and have to begin a quest to set things right.Review Quotes
'Hughes has produced a gripping yarn, vividly bringing the harsh realities of the fur trade to life, in this epic tale of fortune-seeking and ill-starred love.' - Kate Pullinger
About the Author
Tristan Hughes was born in Atikokan in northern Ontario and brought up on the Welsh island of Ynys Mon. He is the author of four novels, Send My Cold Bones Home, Revenant, Eye Lake and Hummingbird - which won the Edward Stanford Award for Fiction with a Sense of Place and the Wales Book of Year People's Choice Award - as well as a collection of linked short stories, The Tower. His short fiction has appeared in various journals, including Ploughshares, The Southern Review, and New Welsh Review.Dimensions (Overall): 7.75 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 380
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Parthian
Format: Paperback
Author: Tristan Hughes
Language: English
Street Date: March 5, 2026
TCIN: 1005685970
UPC: 9781914595844
Item Number (DPCI): 247-47-7395
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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