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Fiction Literary

Valentine's Fall

by (author) Cary Fagan

Publisher
Cormorant Books
Initial publish date
Aug 2009
Category
Literary, Jewish, Humorous
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781770860131
    Publish Date
    Aug 2009
    List Price
    $9.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897151457
    Publish Date
    Aug 2009
    List Price
    $21.00

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Description

Valentine Schwartz had it all: his girlfriend was the most beautiful girl in school, he came from a rich family, and his best friend, Huddie Rosen, all but worshipped him. Though Valentine wasn’t the brightest and was known for making mistakes, no one could have foreseen him falling off the roof of his high school in a suit of medieval armour, and dying at the tender age of seventeen. Huddie Rosen moves on. He travels to Tennessee and falls in love with bluegrass music. It leads him to a new life in Europe where he starts a family. But when his family life goes sour, Huddie decides to return to Toronto.

 

As he reconnects with his old friends, he finds himself wrapped up in their lives. It’s a wonder anyone was able to live without him. And as his old and new lives begin to clash, he finds himself wondering which life is better.

About the author

Cary Fagan is the author of eight previous novels and five books of short stories, including The Student, Great Adventures for the Faint of Heart, and A Bird's Eye. He has been nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Writers' Trust Fiction Award, the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, and has won the Toronto Book Award and the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction. He is also an acclaimed writer of books for children, having won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the IODE Jean Throop Book Award, a Mr. Christie Silver Medal, the Joan Betty Stuchner—Oy Vey!—Funniest Children's Book Award, and the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People. Fagan's work has been translated into French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Catalan, Turkish, Russian, Polish, Chinese, Korean and Persian. He still lives in his hometown of Toronto.

Cary Fagan's profile page

Awards

  • Short-listed, Toronto Book Award

Editorial Reviews

Valentine’s Fall has a strong current of humour and absurdity amid the pensive melancholy.”

Winnipeg Free Press

“[Cary Fagan is] a fine literary craftsman.”

Canadian Jewish News

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