New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004, 2004 Trade Paperback. Near Fine. ARC (advance Reader's copy). Private Press. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This book is An Advanced Readers Copy. As new, never read. A couple of dimples in the back cover. A sweeping tale of breathtaking quests, adventurous detours, and hard won redemption.. ARC (advance Reader's copy). Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

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Guy Vanderhaeghe was born in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, in 1951. He is the author of four novels, My Present Age (1984), Homesick (1989), co-winner of the City of Toronto Book Award, The Englishman’s Boy (1996), winner of the Governor General’s Award for Fiction and the Saskatchewan Book Awards for Fiction and for Best Book of the Year, and a finalist for The Giller Prize and the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and, most recently, The Last Crossing (2002), a long-time national bestseller and winner of the Saskatoon Book Award, the Saskatchewan Book Awards for Fiction and for Book of the Year, and the Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Fiction Book of the Year, and a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book. He is also the author of three collections of short stories, Man Descending (1982), winner of the Governor’s General’s Award and the Faber Prize in the U.K., and The Trouble With Heroes (1983), and Things As They Are (1992). Acclaimed for his fiction, Vanderhaeghe has also written plays. I Had a Job I Liked. Once. was first produced in 1991, and won the Canadian Authors Association Award for Drama. His second play, Dancock’s Dance , was produced in 1995. Guy Vanderhaeghe lives in Saskatoon, where he is a Visiting Professor of English at S.T.M. College. From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: River Run Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7077
Title: The Last Crossing
Author: Guy Vanderhaeghe
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Edition: ARC (advance Reader's copy)
ISBN 10: 087113912X
ISBN 13: 9780871139122
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004
Place of Publication: New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
Keywords: FICTION, AMERICA & CANADIAN WEST 0-87113-912-X

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