![]() ![]() ![]() Everyday teen existence meets indigenous beliefs. Mind you, ravens speak to him-even when he's not stoned. Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize: With striking originality and precision, Eden Robinson, the author of the classic Monkey Beach and winner of the Writers’ Trust of Canada Fellowship, blends humour with heartbreak in this compelling coming-of-age novel. And he puzzles over why his maternal grandmother has never liked him, why she says he's the son of a trickster, that he isn't human. But he struggles to keep everything afloat. Not ordering to the United States Click here. Expected delivery to the United States in 7-12 business days. Jared is only sixteen but feels like he is the one who must stabilize his family's life, even look out for his elderly neighbours. Son of a Trickster 3.83 (11,849 ratings by Goodreads) CD-Audio Trickster English Narrator Fajer Al-kaisi, By (author) Eden Robinson US12.56 US14.99 You save US2.43 Also available in Paperback US30.00 Free delivery worldwide Available. He can't rely on his dad to pay the bills and support his new wife and step-daughter. Jared can't count on his mom to stay sober and stick around to take care of him. ![]() Jared does smoke and drink too much, and he does make the best cookies in town, and his mom is a mess, but he's also a kid who has an immense capacity for compassion and an impulse to watch over people more than twice his age, and he can't rely on anyone for consistent love and support, except for his flatulent pit bull, Baby Killer (he calls her Baby)-and now she's dead. Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. ![]()
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