Son of a Trickster

✍ Scribed by Eden Robinson

• Publisher: Knopf Canada
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 212 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

With striking originality and precision, Eden Robinson, the Giller-shortlisted author of the classic Monkey Beach , blends humour with heartbreak in this compelling coming-of-age novel. Everyday teen existence meets indigenous beliefs, crazy family dynamics, and cannibalistic river otters.
Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. Jared does smoke and drink too much, and he does make the best cookies in town, and his mom is a mess, but he's also a kid who has an immense capacity for compassion and an impulse to watch over people more than twice his age, and he can't rely on anyone for consistent love and support, except for his flatulent pit bull, Baby Killer (he calls her Baby)--and now she's dead.
Jared can't count on his mom to stay sober and stick around to take care of him. He can't rely on his dad to pay the bills and support his new...