Canada

Whenfifteen-year-oldDelParsons'parentsrobaNorthDakotabank,hisnormallifeisalteredforever,andathresholdiscrossedthatcanneverbeuncrossed.Hisparents'imprisonmentthreatensaturbulentanduncertainfutureforDelandhistwinsister,Berner.Fiercewithresentment,BernerfleestheirMontanahomeforCalifornia.ButDelisnotcompletelyabandoned.AfamilyfriendspiritshimacrosstheCanadianbordertowardsafetyandabetterlife.There,afloatontheSaskatchewanprairie,DelfindsonlycoldrefugefromArthurRemlinger,anenigmaticandalluringAmericanfugitivewithadarkandviolentpast.Undonebythecalamityofhisparents'robbery,Delstrugglestoremakehimself.Buthissearchforgraceonlymoveshimnearertoaharrowingandmurderouscollisionwiththeforcesofdarknessthatshadowusall.Atruemasterworkofhauntingandspectacularvisionfromoneofourgreatestwriters,Canadaisaprofoundnovelofboundariestraversed,innocencelostandreconciled,andthemysteriousandconsolingbondsoffamily.Toldinspare,elegantprose,bothresonantandluminous,itisdestinedtobecomeaclassic.,