The Last Days of the Lacuna Cabal - Hardcover

Dixon, Sean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007268564 ISBN 13: 9780007268566

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2008

Synopsis

An original, mischievous rites of passage novel which will delight fans of offbeat fiction such as ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’ and ‘A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian’.

The Lacuna Cabal Montreal Young Women's Book Club is THE foremost book club in Canada, no, in the world. Priding themselves on their good taste, intelligent discussions and impeccable opinions, they are a group of misfits and oddballs, living on the edge of normality. There are only two rules: what Missy says goes (ok, there is a nod to democracy but let's be honest here) and NO BOYS. EVER.

Of course, the premier book club in the world must read the first book ever written: 'The Epic of Gilgamesh'. But this monumental book leads them to break all their rules, shed members who end up missing out on EVERYTHING, and travel across the open seas to Bahrain in search of a wise man who'll hopefully have all the answers.

Original, funny, quixotic and ultimately very moving,The Last Days of the Lacuna Cabal is set in a time of upheaval: the Iraq war is exploding and people across the world are marching in protest. It's the story of a group of friends who find a family of sorts within their book group, who learn to cope with love, and the lack of it, loss, and the lack of that, and with growing up in a world that is falling apart.

About this title

About the Author

Sean Dixon is a full-time writer, occasional essayist, stage actor and banjoist. He gave up jobs as a shipper-receiver, a poster boy (of the putting up on billboards variety) and a prison driver to become a writer. His young adult novel, The Feathered Cloak, was published by Key Porter in Autumn 2007. He lives and plays banjo in Toronto and is currently working on his next novel for HarperCollins.

From the Back Cover

The Lacuna Cabal Montreal Young Women's Book Club is THE premier book club in the world. What they won't admit is that a) some of them are not as young as they like to say they are b) they are not all women and c) lately they haven't spent that much time reading.

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But one monumental book leads them to break all their rules, shed members who end up missing out on EVERYTHING, and travel across the open seas in search of a wise man who'll hopefully have all the answers.

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Voted one of the books of the year in Canada, The Last Days of the Lacuna Cabal is set in a time of upheaval: the Iraq war is exploding and people across the world are marching in protest. It's a funny, quixotic and ultimately very moving story of a group of friends who find a family of sorts within their book group, who learn to cope with love, and the lack of it, loss, and the lack of that, and with growing up in a world that is falling apart.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007268564
• ISBN 13: 9780007268566
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344