Andrew Halfnight, whose life, part dream, part nightmare, begins with a mother’s tragic choice and ends with a lover’s embrace. In between he experiences tempests at sea, on land and in the mind; and relatives who kill for love and lovers who sacrifice their bodies; as all the while he moves ever closer to the central mystery of his and all existence.
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“A lavish and beautifully human novel, [First Blast of the Trumpet] creeps into the blood… An utterly absorbing read.”— -- The Globe and Mail
“An engrossing, redolent, very good book…with Eric McCormack you always sense he’s tapped into something authentically dreadful; you can feel the oozing, putrid mud at the bottom of his metaphors.”— -- Saturday Night --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
“An engrossing, redolent, very good book…with Eric McCormack you always sense he’s tapped into something authentically dreadful; you can feel the oozing, putrid mud at the bottom of his metaphors.”— -- Saturday Night --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Eric McCormack was born in a small village in Scotland. He moved to Canada in 1966 and attended the University of Manitoba. Since 1970 he has taught English at St. Jerome's University, Waterloo, Ontario, specializing in 17th-century and contemporary literature. His previous book The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women was nominated for the Governor General's Award for Fiction. He lives in Kingston, Ontario.
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Wow. This is the kind of novel that sits in your belly long after you've read it. Do yourself a favor, toss aside all the other "must read" books that have come to populate your nightstand and pick up First Blast... It will remind you that good literature is a unique balance between the incredibly entertaining and the thought provoking. And while you're at it - grab McCormack's other works as well - starting with "The Mysterium."
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