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Fiction Literary

The Little Brudders of Miséricorde

A Novel

by (author) David M. Wallace

Publisher
Tidewater Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2022
Category
Literary, Black Humor, Psychological
Recommended Age
18
Recommended Grade
12
Recommended Reading age
18
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781990160080
    Publish Date
    Mar 2022
    List Price
    $21.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781990160097
    Publish Date
    Apr 2022
    List Price
    $14.95

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Description

Man and mouse: comrades who together navigate a world of saints and sinners, and crimes both real and imagined.

Spence is lost—the brief optimism of his early retirement and bold move from Vancouver to Montréal has devolved into a lonely round of French classes, winter cycling and watering his absent daughter’s houseplants. When a mouse moves into his Notre-Dame-de-Grâce apartment uninvited, Spence welcomes the company and the two form an unlikely friendship.

Thierry is a petty thief with strong opinions and a foul mouth who draws the former Drama teacher into an unexpected theatre of conspiracies. He becomes Spence’s little brother, helping him learn French, confront painful memories and reaffirm his Catholic faith. A darkly comic story of rebirth that is both poignant et amusant, sacred et sacrebleu.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Now a resident of Montreal, David Wallace earned a BFA from the University of Victoria. He performed with the Globe Theatre (Regina), the Bastion Theatre (Victoria) and at the Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria Fringe Festivals before beginning a twenty-year teaching career in Burnaby, BC. His poems have been published in the Australian journal Studio and in the Canadian journal Grain. The Little Brudders of Miséricorde is his first novel.