The Hidden Keys Highway 59

Author: Andre Alexis

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  • : $24.99 AUD
  • : 9781781258422
  • : Profile Books Ltd
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  • : July 2017
  • : 204mm X 138mm X 27mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : September 2017
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Barcode 9781781258422
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Description

In the depths of the ill-reputed Green Dolphin bar, Tancred Palmieri, a talented thief with extravagant tastes, encounters Willow Azarian, an aging heroin addict. She reveals to Tancred that her very wealthy father has recently passed away, leaving each of his five children a mysterious object that provides one clue to the whereabouts of a large inheritance. Willow enlists Tancred to steal these objects from her siblings and solve the puzzle. A Japanese screen, a painting that plays music, an aquavit bottle, a framed poem, and a model of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater ... Are these really clues, or has Tancred fallen victim to the delusions of a junkie? Based on a reading of Treasure Island, The Hidden Keys questions what it means to be honourable and faithful in the face of desire.

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A slick, sophisticated mystery from the award-winning author of Fifteen Dogs and Childhood

Reviews

Spry... Impressive... I loved this smart, exuberant fantasy from start to finish * Guardian * Startlingly original... * Independent * Thought-provoking and moving * Good Housekeeping * Following his Rogers Writers' Trust-nominated Pastoral, protean novelist Andre Alexis returns to reclaim another almost-forgotten genre, the apologue (defined as an allegory in which animals adopt human consciousness. * Quill & Quire's Spring Preview * This gorgeously written, funny adventure tale will keep readers up finishing it while also quietly breaking their hearts with Alexis's keen observations of people, kindness, and cruelty. * Publishers Weekly *

Author description

Andr. Alexis was born in Trinidad and grew up in Canada. His debut novel, Childhood, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Trillium Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His previous books include Asylum, Beauty and Sadness, Ingrid & the Wolf, and, most recently, Pastoral, which was also nominated for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.His latest novel, Fifteen Dogs, won the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize, awarded annually to the best Canadian fiction book.