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1) Of vengeance

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Kurtness, J. D

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English

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"Life is uneventful for an average girl in a sleepy Quebec town. She loves animals, long nature walks, and her parents--it's a normal childhood. Then a terrible accident leads her to discover that nothing compares to the thrill of violent retribution. Portrays the evolution of an innocuous girl next door into a brilliant, cold-blooded killer, whose painstaking preparation makes every crime untraceable, and whose faultless reasoning makes her all too...

2) Benediction

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Dufault, Olivier

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English

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In 1907, fifteen-year-old Ernest Dufault left Quebec for Montana, where he passed himself off as an American cowboy named Will James. Over the next few decades, Ernest would become a bestselling and award-winning writer of westerns. His estranged wife, Alice Conradt, would only learn his true identity when Will James died and left his estate to a man she had never heard of: Ernest Dufault. Using real documents, including letters, telegrams, and court...

3) The dishwasher

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Larue, Stephane

Series

Biblioasis international translation volume 26

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Biblioasis

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English

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"It's winter in Montreal, 2002, when a graphic design student's gambling addiction starts to drag him under. In debt to the metal band that's commissioned him to draw their album cover and ensnared in lies to his friends and his cousin, he takes the first job that promises a paycheck: dishwasher at La Trattoria, a high-end restaurant, where he finds himself thrust, on his first night, into roiling world of characters. A magnificent, hyperrealist debut,...

4) What I know about you

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Chacour, Eric

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Coach House Books

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English

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"In a tight-knit Levantine Christian family in 1960s Cairo, Tarek's entire life is written in advance. He'll be a doctor like his father, marry, and have children. Under the watchful eye of the family's strong women, he starts to do just that - until a patient's son, Ali, enters his life and turns it upside down. The two men's unsayable relationship sparks a series of events as dramatic as the Six-Day War and assassination of President Anwar Sadat...

5) Synapses: fiction

Author

Brousseau, Simon

Publisher

Talonbooks

Language

English

6) The Dishwasher

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Larue, Stéphane

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Biblioasis International Translation

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English

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WINNER OF THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD

NOMINATED FOR CANADA READS

A NEW YORK TIMES NEW & NOTEWORTHY BOOK

A NOW MAGAZINE BEST BOOK TO READ FOR SUMMER 2019

As heard on CBC's The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright

It's October in Montreal, 2002, and winter is coming on fast. Past due on his first freelance gig and ensnared

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7) What I Know About You

Author

Chacour, Éric

Language

English

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eAudiobook, eBook

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LONGLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2025
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 GILLER PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 DAYNE OGILVIE PRIZE FOR LGBTQ2S+ EMERGING WRITERS

STARRED REVIEWS IN KIRKUS, BOOKLIST AND QUILL & QUIRE

A heartbreaking tale of a family and an impossible love, torn apart by secrets and traditions

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8) Aquariums

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Kurtness, J. D

Language

English

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A marine biologist finds herself stranded in the Arctic while humanity is ending. In a near future, the young French Canadian biologist is making a name for herself by recreating marine ecosystems-- a process that will ultimately save them. In honour of her work, she is invited to participate in an Arctic expedition along with scientists from around the globe. While they are gone, humanity is almost entirely eliminated by a virus. Alone on the open...

9) The Country Will Bring Us No Peace

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Simard, Matthieu

Publisher

Coach House Books

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English

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Simon and Marie can't seem to have a baby. And so they flee the city for an idyllic village, where things will certainly be better. But the town is gloomy, even hostile — things haven't been the same since the factory closed down and a broadcast antenna was erected. Now there are no birds singing, and people have started disappearing.

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Pablo Strauss

1) Of vengeance

2) Benediction

3) The dishwasher

4) What I know about you

5) Synapses: fiction

6) The Dishwasher

7) What I Know About You

8) Aquariums

9) The Country Will Bring Us No Peace