The Accidental Education of Jerome Lupien
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The Accidental Education of Jerome Lupien

The Accidental Education of Jerome Lupien

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Yves Beauchemin (Author) Wayne Grady (Contributor)  

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Jerome Lupien - libidinous, unscrupulous, and fresh out of university - is ambitious and at loose ends. Whether on a hunting trip in the woods, on an escape planned in good faith to Cuba, or seeking to make his way in Montreal, Jerome cannot help but be embroiled in misadventures and underworld escapades. He is conned by the devious - a hunting guide, a low-life car salesman, and, ultimately, a well-to-do political lobbyist profiting from the city's infamously corrupt partnership of politicians wielding remunerative contracts and the construction firms in cahoots. The unwitting (though frequently culpable) young man is enrolled, whether he knows it or not, in an unconventional and criminal school. And the education is singular, not only for Jerome, but also the reader. The young man's heady journey provides - as only Yves Beauchemin can do - an extraordinary, full, and trenchant portrait of class variety. Here is a mordant piece of social satire that is a marvelous entertainment and wonderfully traditional narrative too.
YVES BEAUCHEMIN is a mordant social satirist and one of the most pre-eminent writers of his generation. His novels include Charles the Bold, The Waitress of the Cafe Cherrier, and The Alley Cat, which was a bestselling novel. He is also a children's book writer. WAYNE GRADY is the author of fourteen books of science and natural history and the editor of six anthologies of short stories. His translations of Daniel Poliquin's Black Squirrel and Francine D'Amour's Return from Africa were shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award, and he is the winner of the John Glassco Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation. He lives near Kingston, Ontario, with his wife, novelist Merilyn Simonds.
  • Contributor: Yves Beauchemin
  • Imprint: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
  • ISBN13: 9781487002800
  • Number of Pages: 384
  • Packaged Dimensions: 133x203mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
  • Release Date: 2020-01-16
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: YVES BEAUCHEMIN is a mordant social satirist and one of the most pre-eminent writers of his generation. His novels include Charles the Bold, The Waitress of the Cafe Cherrier, and The Alley Cat, which was a bestselling novel. He is also a children's book writer. WAYNE GRADY is the author of fourteen books of science and natural history and the editor of six anthologies of short stories. His translations of Daniel Poliquin's Black Squirrel and Francine D'Amour's Return from Africa were shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award, and he is the winner of the John Glassco Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation. He lives near Kingston, Ontario, with his wife, novelist Merilyn Simonds.

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