The Invention of the World |
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Author:
| Hodgins, Jack |
Afterword by:
| McWhirter, George |
Series title: | New Canadian Library |
ISBN: | 978-0-7710-9871-0 |
Publication Date: | Dec 1994 |
Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart
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Imprint: | New Canadian Library |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $8.95 |
Book Description:
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Then, Donal Keneally, an Irish giant who thought he could invent the world, led a band of faithful followers from rural Ireland to Vancouver Island in search of Eden. In the course of his search, he founded the Revelations Colony of Truth. Now, Maggie Kyle runs an extraordinary boarding house on the original site of the Colony, and she and her irrepressible boarders search out Keneally’s story as a key to their own roots and even the possibility of love. Originally published in...
More DescriptionThen, Donal Keneally, an Irish giant who thought he could invent the world, led a band of faithful followers from rural Ireland to Vancouver Island in search of Eden. In the course of his search, he founded the Revelations Colony of Truth. Now, Maggie Kyle runs an extraordinary boarding house on the original site of the Colony, and she and her irrepressible boarders search out Keneally’s story as a key to their own roots and even the possibility of love. Originally published in 1977,The Invention of the Worldis Jack Hodgins’ first novel.