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Book

Smash & grab

Call Number

  • C813.54 (CEN)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis, [2026]

Physical Description

209 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

"Two men who are part of a commune discover two dead bodies while out sailing. A woman hits a boy with her car and contemplates turning herself in. A former military policeman, a veterinarian, and a French poet walk into a bar and debate the Vietnam war. Two paramedics try to live and not burn out while dealing with so much death. A man on holiday in Venice is stalked by a pickpocket. A heartsick astronaut finds love on the moon. Jarman, a master of the short story, returns with another collection with his distinct and piercing voice, each sentence bursting with energy."--

Notes

"A John Metcalf book."

Contents

  • The bodies
  • The petrol emotion
  • Oh well (parts 1 & 2)
  • Northern Ontario silver mine
  • My last trip to Tulsa
  • The dories come ashore empty
  • Gravedigger blues
  • The cutpurse of Venice
  • The underpass anxiety of dead pigeons
  • Dutch rub
  • Twa corbies
  • The sniper
  • The December astronauts (moonbase horse code)
  • The bailiffs arrive with their grey eyes.

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