From one of Canada's most celebrated novelists comes a tale of dark aspirations, betrayal and murder.
Westminster Bookmark is thrilled to celebrate the launch of award-winning, bestselling Maritime author David Adams Richards' new novel, Songs of Love on a December Night.
This free event takes place Wednesday, November 12th, 7 pm at Wilmot United Church (473 King St.) and will include a reading, Q&A, and signing. We hope you'll join us!
ABOUT THE BOOK:
When Colonel Musselman is found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, a rumour soon surfaces that he was murdered by his own teenage son, Jamie. As weeks, months and years pass, Jamie—shy and withdrawn but brilliant—continues to maintain his innocence. Yet few others, besides his fiancée, Gertie, believe him. Suspected, harassed and questioned, Jamie is finally tried and convicted of the crime. But nothing is as it seems. Before the murder, unlikely alliances between a self-styled revolutionary recently expelled from university, a young man claiming Indigenous heritage, and Gertie’s own hapless father had long ago set the stage for intrigue and bloodletting. As the aftermath of this crime threatens to destroy both the innocent and the guilty, it is left to a few citizens who have been dismissed and overlooked to solve what the others, blinded by their arrogance and personal vanity, refuse to admit.
Richly conceived and utterly fearless in its examination of morality, justice, prejudice and corruption, Songs of Love on a December Night is an epic exploration of the self-betrayal that we are capable of, and of the redemption we so often aspire to.
DAVID ADAMS RICHARDS is one of Canada's pre-eminent writers. His recent novels include Darkness, Mary Cyr and Principles to Live By, as well as Crimes Against My Brother and Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul, both of which were longlisted for the Giller Prize. Among his other novels, The Lost Highway was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award and the Giller Prize; The Friends of Meager Fortune won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book; Mercy Among the Children won the Giller Prize. In 2017, David Adams Richards was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
You may also like the following events from Westminster Bookmark:
- This Saturday, 15th November, 11:30 am, An Afternoon Signing with Chuck Bowie in Fredericton
- Next Sunday, 23rd November, 03:00 pm, ''The Catch-Up' Reading Series, Featuring Peter Hicks, Sonia Di Placido and Spencer Folkins in Fredericton
- This month, 25th November, 07:00 pm, An Evening with Kate Cayley and Laura Broadbent in Fredericton
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Arts events in Fredericton,
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