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Canada

by Richard Ford

Andrew Carnegie · 2013 · Winner
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Ecco PressLiterary FictionISBN 9780061692048

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction2013Winner

About This Book

Richard Ford's novel is narrated by Dell Parsons, whose parents rob a bank in Montana and are arrested, leaving Dell to flee to Saskatchewan and the guardianship of a mysterious man. Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.

About the Author

Richard FordAmerican

Richard Ford (born 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer best known for his Frank Bascombe series, beginning with The Sportswriter (1986) and including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Independence Day (1995). After early novels like A Piece of My Heart (1976), he worked in journalism before achieving acclaim with The Sportswriter and short story collection Rock Springs (1987). His works often explore lonely, damaged characters in contemporary American settings, earning him awards like the PEN/Faulkner and international honors.

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