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Some great thing.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781554686940 (trade copy)
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Physical Description:
309 p. : ill ; 21 cm.
print - Edition: originally published by Turnstone Press:1992
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Harper Perennial, c1992, 2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in 1992 by Turnstone Press. |
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| Subject: | Journalists -- Fiction Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction Language policy -- Manitoba -- Fiction Newspaper employees -- Fiction Winnipeg (Man.) -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Canadian fiction. Black fiction. |
Available copies
- 13 of 13 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
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- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert Library | Hill (Text) | 33294001698299 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
"Mahatma Grafton is a disillusioned university graduate burdened with a famous name, and suffering from the curse of his generation -- a total lack of interest in the state of the world. The son of a retired railway porter from Winnipeg, he returns home for a job as a reporter with The Winnipeg Herald. Soon Mahatma is scoping local stories of murder and mayhem, breaking a promise to himself to avoid writing victim stories. As Mahatma is unexpectedly drawn into the inflammatory issue of French-language rights in Manitoba, with all its racial side-channels, he is surprised to find that he has a social conscience. Combating his boss's flair for weaving hysteria into his stories, Mahatma learns that to stay afloat he must remain true to himself. Populated with colourful characters -- including an unlikely welfare crusader, a burned-out fellow reporter, a French-language-rights activist, and a visiting journalist from Cameroon -- Some Great Thing is a fascinating portrait of a major urban newspaper and a deeply perceptive story of one man's coming of age."--Publisher
