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Maintenance
Rob Benvie
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Description for Maintenance
paperback. Filled with millennial dread and suburban oddity, this novel parties (or worries) like it's 1999. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 471.
"A great novel that captures the loneliness and absurdity of the 1990s suburban experience. Dense and imaginative writing that often borders on the uncomfortable, but the edge of your seat is the best place to be."-Joel Plaskett It is the summer of 1999, and the Sweltham family is leading an ordinary suburban existence. Former childhood volleyball champ Parker crisscrosses the continent as a sales rep for DynaFlex Sporting Goods, while his wife, Trixie, serves as the managing editor of Record of Truth, an unsuccessful journal for genocide studies. Their son Owen has just returned from juvenile prison to the vast ... Read more
"A great novel that captures the loneliness and absurdity of the 1990s suburban experience. Dense and imaginative writing that often borders on the uncomfortable, but the edge of your seat is the best place to be."-Joel Plaskett It is the summer of 1999, and the Sweltham family is leading an ordinary suburban existence. Former childhood volleyball champ Parker crisscrosses the continent as a sales rep for DynaFlex Sporting Goods, while his wife, Trixie, serves as the managing editor of Record of Truth, an unsuccessful journal for genocide studies. Their son Owen has just returned from juvenile prison to the vast ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781552452516
SKU
V9781552452516
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About Rob Benvie
Rob Benvie is from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and currently lives in Toronto. He has recorded and performed with many musical endeavours, including the rock bands Thrush Hermit, Camouflage Nights and The Dears. He is the author of the previous novel Safety of War.
Reviews for Maintenance
'Seppuku. Post-it notes. The Devil incarnate. Cartoon voiceovers. Chaos. Wintry ducks ... Wonderfully detailed and ingenious madness.'
Exclaim! '[A] novel with a real sting in its tail.'
National Post
Exclaim! '[A] novel with a real sting in its tail.'
National Post