Larry is a Dogrib indian growing up in the small northern town of Fort Simmer. His tongue, his hallucinations and his fantasies are hotter than the centre of the sun. At sixteen, he loves Iron Maiden, the North and Juliet Hope, the high school "tramp." In this powerful and very funny first novel, Richard Van Camp gives us one of the most original teenage characters in Canadian fiction. Skinny as spaghetti, nervy and self-deprecating, Larry is an appealing mixture of bravado and vulnerability. His past holds many terrors: an abusive father, blackouts from sniffing gasoline, an accident that killed several of his cousins, and he's now being hunted and haunted by a pack of blue monkeys. But through his new friendship with Johnny, a Metis who just moved to town, he's now ready to face his memories-and his future.

Author: Richard, Van Camp,
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: The Lesser Blessed: A Novel
Pages: 00128 (Encrypted EPUB)
On Sale: 2008-09-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781550545258
Category: Fiction : Literary