Cadillac Cathedral
Fiction
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- $18.95
Jack Hodgins is one of Canada's favourite storytellers. In this novel, situated on Vancouver Island, the literary setting for many of his earlier books, Hodgins is at his humorous best as he lovingly recreates the rural community of Portuguese Creek.
We meet Arvo, a Finn, who has worked in logging camps all his life and now spends his retirement rescuing abandoned cars to restore in his garage, where his loyal group of friends congregate to keep him company. When the group hears that an old friend has died, they decide to drive south to the big city to pick up the body. A road trip ensues-but not just any road trip, for it takes place in a Cadillac Cathedral, a remarkable hearse built in the 1930s, which Arvo has refurbished. Along the way, the friends encounter adventures that create detours into country life. We learn about the unusual marriages that keep couples apart and together.
Reviews
“Hodgins returns to the small-scale stories and vivid characters of his earliest fiction . . . leavened with wry humour and everyday absurdity.” —National Post
“Hodgins’ gentle humour and sense of hope make Cadillac Cathedral an object lesson about what’s important in life for any age.” —Vancouver Sun
“Hodgins is a master taleteller and he’s never going to be caught dead with only one dish on his table. As always, his fictional Vancouver Island community and characters become large as life in all their laid-back and humorous detail.” —BC BookWorld
“A warm, gentle novel brimming with charcoal grey humour. . . . a sweet tale that often finds a Zen spot between funny and wistful.” —Quill & Quire
Book Details
Pub Date: February 2011
Trade paperback
220 pages
Print ISBN 9781553802983
E-book ISBN 9781553803003
PDF ISBN 9781553802990
6” x 9”
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