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Title: |
A Local Hanging |
| Sub-title: |
And Other Stories |
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| By (author): |
Kent Thompson |
| ISBN10-13: |
0864920377 : 9780864920379 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
147 |
| Weight: |
.280 Kg. |
| Published: |
Goose Lane Editions - January 1984 |
| List Price: |
6.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Out of Print
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| Some of the stories of A Local Hanging and Other Stories deal with the lesser characters of Shacking Up. Others upset our conventional expectations. In the title-story a man tries to write the truth about a local lynching so that no legends will arise — and achieves just the opposite. In "Longing," a police chief struggles with the burden of powers we have imposed upon him. The most recent story in the collection is "A Blunt Affair" — commissioned by the CBC to mark New Brunswick's 200th birthday — in which a widow finds herself pressured by circumstances into a marriage she doesn't want. One way or another, these stories are full of surprising truths. |
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