Extinction Club

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Extinction Club

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Author: Jeffrey Moore

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Language: English

Published by: riverrun

Published on: 27th May 2010

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781849169318


Synopsis

Nile Nightingale, a troubled man in search of refuge, arrives in the Laurentian mountains of Quebec: a remote land home to rare wildlife and a violent hunting community. He soon finds haven, in the form of a run-down country church for sale.

Until, that is, he stumbles upon something in its snow-covered graveyard. A bloody sack, tied with Christmas ribbon.

Inside, slashed and beaten, is fourteen-year-old Céleste Jonquères, whose recent testimony has put the hunters'' leader, a man who''s killed more animals than a hundred winters, behind bars.

What follows is a darkly comic tale, in which the very urban Nile and the country-smart Céleste teach each other about life and death, love and loss. Inspired by true events, The Extinction Club is a powerful portrayal of wildlife plunder and those who dare to oppose it.

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