Quincunx cycle (Andre Alexis)
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1) Pastoral
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Quincunx cycle (Andre Alexis) volume 1
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English
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For his very first parish, Father Christopher Pennant is sent to the sleepy town of Barrow. But things aren't so idyllic for Liz Denny, whose fianc ̌doesn't want to choose between Liz and his more worldly lover Jane, or for Father Pennant himself, whose faith is profoundly shaken by the miracles he witnesses: a mayor walking on water, intelligent gypsy moths, and a talking sheep. Andr ̌Alexis' debut novel "Childhood" won the Books in Canada First...
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Quincunx cycle (Andre Alexis) volume 2
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English
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An utterly convincing and moving look at the beauty and perils of consciousness.
WINNER OF CANADA READS 2017
WINNER OF THE 2015 GILLER PRIZE
WINNER OF THE 2015 ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE
FINALIST FOR THE 2015 TORONTO BOOK AWARDS
— I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence.
—I'll wager a year's servitude, answered Apollo,
...3) Ring
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Quincunx cycle (Andre Alexis) volume 3
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English
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"A fresh take on the romance novel from the Giller Prize-winning author of Fifteen Dogs From their very first meeting, it would seem that Gwen and Tancred were made for one another. Like all good romances, Ring will bring them together. There is, of course, a wrinkle. Gwenhwyfar's mother, Helen Odhiambo Lloyd, upon intuiting that her daughter is in love, gives her a ring. This ring has been passed down from endless generations of mothers to their...
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Quincunx cycle (Andre Alexis) volume 4
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English
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Tancred Palmieri, a thief with elegant and erudite tastes, meets Willow Azarian, an aging heroin addict. She reveals to Tancred that her very wealthy father has recently passed away, leaving each of his five children a mysterious object that provides one clue to the whereabouts of a large inheritance. Willow enlists Tancred to steal these objects from her siblings and solve the puzzle. Based in a reading of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island,"...
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Quincunx cycle (Andre Alexis) volume 5
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English
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"Botanist Alfred Homer, ever hopeful and constantly surprised, is invited on a road trip through Southwestern Ontario by his parents' friend, Professor Morgan Bruno, who wants company as he tries to unearth the story of the mysterious poet John Skennen. But this is no ordinary road trip. As Alfred and the Professor encounter towns with familiar names but where Black residents speak only in sign language or where there are Indigenous Parades, house...