The Custodian of Paradise – A Novel - Softcover

Johnston, Wayne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393331598 ISBN 13: 9780393331592

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

Synopsis

In the waning days of World War II, Sheilagh Fielding makes her way to a deserted island off the coast of Newfoundland. But she soon comes to suspect another presence: that of a man known only as her Provider, who has shadowed her for twenty years.Against the backdrop of Newfoundland's history and landscape, Fielding is a compelling figure. Taller than most men and striking in spite of her crippled leg, she is both eloquent and subversively funny. Her newspaper columns exposing the foibles and hypocrisies of her native city, St. John's, have made many powerful enemies for her, chief among them the man who fathered her children twins when she was fourteen. Only her Provider, however, knows all of Fielding's secrets. Reading group guide included."

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Review

Praise for Wayne Johnston:
"Wayne Johnston is prodigiously talented."
-"The Globe and Mail"
"Wayne Johnston is a brilliant and accomplished writer and his Newfoundland - boots and boats, rough politics and rough country, history and journalism - is vivid and sharp."
-Annie Proulx
"Unlike most recent bestselling novels that are remembered for the plane flight and then promptly forgotten, Wayne's stories have characters who move in and take up permanent residence."
-Mary Walsh
"ÝJohnston is¨ a literary giant who has god-given talent."
-Will Ferguson, "The Globe and Mail"
"His books are beautifully written, among the funniest I've ever read, yet somehow at the same time among the most poignant and moving."
-Annie Dillard

"From the Hardcover edition."

"Epic artistry, an opportunity to witness a writer's development and a second chance for readers to get what they wanted from The Colony of Unrequited Dreams."
-"The Vancouver Sun"
"Fielding is a truly unforgettable character."
-Edmonton Journal
"ÝJohnston is¨ a literary giant who has god-given talent."
-Will Ferguson, "The Globe and Mail"
"Why I love reading Wayne Johnston: The reader goes skittering through Wayne Johnston's novels, driven inexorably forward on the force of his characters, on the power of his wit."
-Mary Walsh
"The book moves because of Sheilagh's passion and brilliance, and that is why Johnston has, against all probability, written a follow-up book that manages to outshine the original."
-"National Post"
Praise for Wayne Johnston:
"Wayne Johnston is prodigiously talented."
-"The Globe and Mail"
"Wayne Johnston is a brilliant and accomplished writer and his Newfoundland - boots and boats, rough politics and rough country, history and journalism - is vivid and sharp."
-Annie Proulx
"Unlike most recent bestselling novels that are remembered for the plane flight and then promptly forgotten, Wayne's stories have characters who move in and take up permanent residence."
-Mary Walsh
"ÝJohnston is¨ a literary giant who has god-given talent."
-Will Ferguson, "The Globe and Mail"
"His books are beautifully written, among the funniest I've ever read, yet somehow at the same time among the most poignant and moving."
-Annie Dillard

" Epic artistry, an opportunity to witness a writer's development and a second chance for readers to get what they wanted from The Colony of Unrequited Dreams."
- "The Vancouver Sun"
" Fielding is a truly unforgettable character."
- Edmonton Journal
" [Johnston is] a literary giant who has god-given talent."
- Will Ferguson, "The Globe and Mail"
" Why I love reading Wayne Johnston: The reader goes skittering through Wayne Johnston's novels, driven inexorably forward on the force of his characters, on the power of his wit."
- Mary Walsh
" The book moves because of Sheilagh's passion and brilliance, and that is why Johnston has, against all probability, written a follow-up book that manages to outshine the original."
- "National Post"
Praise for Wayne Johnston:
" Wayne Johnston is prodigiously talented."
- "The Globe and Mail"
" Wayne Johnston is a brilliant and accomplished writer and his Newfoundland - boots and boats, rough politics and rough country, history and journalism - is vivid and sharp."
- Annie Proulx
" Unlike most recent bestselling novels that are remembered for the plane flight and then promptly forgotten, Wayne's stories have characters who move in and take up permanent residence."
- Mary Walsh
" [Johnston is] a literary giant who has god-given talent."
- Will Ferguson, "The Globe and Mail"
" His books are beautifully written, among the funniest I've ever read, yet somehow at the sametime among the most poignant and moving."
- Annie Dillard

Starred Review. An absorbing patchwork narrative....Johnston may be the best of all the 21st century's neo-Victorian novelists. "

Synopsis

Making her way to a deserted island off the coast of Newfoundland in the waning days of World War II, Sheilagh Fielding learns the identity of a man who has shadowed her for twenty years, a finding that coincides with the discovery of the fate of her twin children. Reprint.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0393331598
• ISBN 13: 9780393331592
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 582