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Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain

by (author) Jeffrey Moore

Publisher
Penguin Group Canada
Initial publish date
Apr 2010
Category
General, Urban Life, Literary
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780143168218
    Publish Date
    Apr 2010
    List Price
    $18.00

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Description

It is by no means clear just how much control Jeremy Davenant has over his own life. For he's convinced that the blueprint of his future already exists on a page plucked from a random book. Romantic, fatalistic, quixotic, he blithely teaches with forged credentials at a Montreal university while waiting for his life to unfold. Yet one glance from a woman in the street below, and his life veers into chaotic mischance and obsession.

When Jeremy falls suddenly and inexplicably in love with the woman, Milena, he is convinced that their encounter has been foretold on the Page. But Milena's life (not to mention her sexual identity) requires as much decoding as the Page, and Jeremy stumbles after her into farce, terror, and, for a brief spell, bliss.

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Contributor Notes

Jeffrey Moore is currently a freelance translator and lecturer at the Université de Montréal. Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain won the 2000 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book.

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