In his debut novel , Newfoundland author Rod Moody-Corbett dives deep into toxic masculinity, academia, climate destruction, political exhaustion and the aftermath of a mass shooting. Quite a lot for a rather slim novel. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * In his debut novel , Newfoundland author Rod Moody-Corbett dives deep into toxic masculinity, academia, climate destruction, political exhaustion and the aftermath of a mass shooting.
Quite a lot for a rather slim novel. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? In his debut novel , Newfoundland author Rod Moody-Corbett dives deep into toxic masculinity, academia, climate destruction, political exhaustion and the aftermath of a mass shooting. Quite a lot for a rather slim novel.
follows an unnamed narrator, originally from Newfoundland, who is working as a sessional instructor at a university in Calgary. He barely gets by, his employment low-paying and precarious, but he has little desire to do anything about it. One of his formerly close friends, Baker, reaches out to invite him on an elaborate hunting trip at a luxury resort in Newfoundland.
The trip will be paid for by their now-rich friend Willis as a commemoration for his son Travis, who was killed in a mass shooting on a train in Calgary the year before. It will be a crew of four: the narrator, Baker, Willis and Willis’s younger son Isaac. Hides The narrator agrees begrudgingly, and his.