Long Stretch

From the Giller Prize-winning author of The Bishops Man comes a mesmerizing novel in the tradition of Alistair MacLeod David Adams Richards and Ann-Marie MacDonald one apocalyptic night John Gillis and his estranged cousin Sextus confront a half century of half-truths and suppositions that have shaped and scarred their lives their families and their insular Cape Breton community. Telling stories that unravel a host of secrets they begin to realize that they were damaged before they were born their fathers and a close friend forming an unholy trilogy in a tragic moment of war. Among the roots of a complex andpainful relationship they uncover the truth of a fateful day John has spent 20 years trying to forget.Taut and brilliantly paced The Long Stretch is etched with quiet humour and crafted with fiery dialogue.