Man Descending

Guy Vanderhaeghe is a Canadian author from Saskatchewan who has won the Governor General's Literary Award for English-language fiction three times — for Man Descending (1982), The Englishman's Boy (1996), and Daddy Lenin and Other Stories (2015) — making him the most decorated author in the history of that prize. He has also been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Vanderhaeghe's fiction is deeply rooted in the history and landscape of the Canadian prairies. Read more →