{"product_id":"9781770562202","title":"Stunt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNominated for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEugenia Ledoux, nine years old, wakes to a note from her father: ‘gone to save the world. sorry. yours, sheb wooly ledoux. asshole.’ Eugenia is left behind with her mother, the sharp-edged B-movie actress Mink, and her sister, the death-obsessed and hauntingly beautiful Immaculata. When Mink climbs into the family car and vanishes, Eugenia doubles in age overnight, butremains the dark and diminutive creature who earned the nickname ‘Stunt.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEugenia devotes herself to finding Sheb. She writes to the man she believes to be Sheb’s father: I.I. Finbar Me The Three, a retired tightrope walker. Waiting for Finbar’s response, she retreats to Toronto Island, where she meets Samuel Station, a barefoot voluptuary, world traveller and ring-maker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Finbar does write back, Eugenia wonders if she will find what she is looking for – or something else entirely. Studded with postcards from outer space, twins, levitation, the explosion of a shoulder-pad factory, and some accomplished taxidermy, \u003ci\u003eStunt\u003c\/i\u003e is part dirge, part cowboy poetry and part love letter to the wilder corners of Toronto and of ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Claudia Dey’s debut novel is like a snowflake, utterly unique, compellingly intricate and sparkle-riven, sharp as broken crystal and just as dazzling. \u003ci\u003eStunt\u003c\/i\u003e is daring, poignant, full of abandon and abandonment, wistful and funny. Brilliant.\" – \u003cb\u003eLisa Moore, author of \u003ci\u003eThis is How We Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dey's … prose [is] a wondrous compression of poetry, her carnival of characters drawn in gripping detail, and the riot of fantastical yet gritty imagery all shot through with a keen and relentless sadness. The sheer density of the imagery and vivid characterizations makes you slow down to enjoy every sentence. You want to read this novel carefully; you want to read it again.\" – \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStunt\u003c\/i\u003e is mesmerizing, rewarding, and breathtaking. Dey never lets up.\" – \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636668813553,"sku":"9781770562202","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781770562202_p0.jpg?v=1765528215","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770562202","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}