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This is the enigmatic jerry potts, half blackfoot, half scottish, who suffers his own painful past. An ambitious sixth outing from the saskatchewan author who has twice won canadas governor generals award for man descending, 1985, and the englishmans boy, 1997 the search for a missing brother adds a mythic dimension to vanderhaeghes complex plot, initiated by the mission imposed by wealthy victorian industrialist henry gaunt on his sons charles, a painter. Charles and addington gaunt must find their free spirited broth. This epic tale sweeps across continents and time, hovers over a key area in american history, and deftly realizes the humanity of a whole cast of characters. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. As the book begins, one of the novels main characters, charles gaunt, relates the series of.
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