Son of a Trickster (The Trickster trilogy)

Description

Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize: With striking originality and
precision, Eden Robinson, the author of the classic Monkey Beach and winner of
the Writers’ Trust of Canada Fellowship, blends humour with heartbreak in this
compelling coming-of-age novel. Everyday teen existence meets indigenous
beliefs, crazy family dynamics, and cannibalistic river otters . . . The
exciting first novel in her trickster trilogy. Everyone knows a guy like
Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary
mom who’s often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. Jared does smoke and
drink too much, and he does make the best cookies in town, and his mom is a
mess, but he’s also a kid who has an immense capacity for compassion and an
impulse to watch over people more than twice his age, and he can’t rely on
anyone for consistent love and support, except for his flatulent pit bull,
Baby Killer (he calls her Baby)–and now she’s dead. Jared can’t count on his
mom to stay sober and stick around to take care of him. He can’t rely on his
dad to pay the bills and support his new wife and step-daughter. Jared is only
sixteen but feels like he is the one who must stabilize his family’s life,
even look out for his elderly neighbours. But he struggles to keep everything
afloat…and sometimes he blacks out. And he puzzles over why his maternal
grandmother has never liked him, why she says he’s the son of a trickster,
that he isn’t human. Mind you, ravens speak to him–even when he’s not stoned.
You think you know Jared, but you don’t. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage Canada (March 13, 2018)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0345810791
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 93
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.8 x 8.1 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #902,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,616 in Native American Literature (Books) #8,367 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books) #39,832 in Literary Fiction (Books)
• #1,616 in Native American Literature (Books)
• #8,367 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books)