The Poet is a Radio
- Publisher
- Linda Leith Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2016
- Category
- Magical Realism, Jewish, Urban Life
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781927535998
- Publish Date
- Apr 2016
- List Price
- $8.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781927535981
- Publish Date
- Mar 2016
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
The poet Li Bai has journeyed across the world and perhaps across centuries. When he comes across a bag of money in a downtown parking lot, we also meet the delinquent who lost the bag of money in the first place. The assemblage in Jack Hannan’s first novel are driven by wordsmithery, trickery, and flights of such fancy—for an instant, the signal comes in clearly, and we might all step into this world where anything is possible.
About the author
Jack Hannan has been a hotwalker, a typesetter for Fred Louder, a bookseller, and a publisher. He is a novelist and poet who lives in Montreal, Canada, not far from the house where he was born. His first book was published in 1977, and his first novel, The Poet is a Radio, was published in 2016. His work has been shortlisted for the A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry and the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. His family knows he is either at home or will be back soon.
Awards
- Short-listed, QWF Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
- Short-listed, QWF A.M. Klein Prize