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Crown Shyness

by (author) Curtis Gillespie

Publisher
Brindle & Glass Publishing
Initial publish date
Jun 2007
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897142271
    Publish Date
    Jun 2007
    List Price
    $22.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926972046
    Publish Date
    Feb 2011
    List Price
    $9.99

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Description

Paul Munk is a socially conscious idealist, leaning left in his political convictions. In Crown Shyness, his skills as a writer for a current affairs magazine have garnered him an assignment that will challenge his relationships, present and future: to follow and profile Daniel Code, a member of the religious right who believes he has been called upon by God to lead his political party to national power. A growing attraction to Code's daughter—and media handler—Rachel, complicates Paul's intent to broil the candidate publicly. Meanwhile, Paul's family is disconnected by the same issues of faith and politics and is forced to adjust to one son's release from prison. Richard Munk, Paul's older brother, has served his time behind bars and is now intent on rebuilding his life with an American woman with whom he has corresponded. When Richard crosses the US border and loses contact with his family, Paul follows his trail, hoping to find his brother, and pursue a relationship that can sustain their differences.

About the author

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Curtis Gillespie has written four books, including the memoir Playing Through: A Year of Life and Links Along the Scottish Coast, and the novel Crown Shyness. He has won numerous awards for his fiction and non-fiction, including the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and three National Magazine Awards. His journalism has been widely published, and he is the editor and co-founder of Eighteen Bridges magazine. He lives in Edmonton with his wife and two daughters.

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Editorial Reviews

Gillespie’s tale is powerful . . . ending with a gut-punch climax. —Quill & Quire

[Gillespie] is a skilled storyteller, launching a double-barrelled narrative that explicitly mixes the personal and the political. —Globe and Mail

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