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list price: $14.95
category: Fiction
published: Oct 2012
ISBN:9781770892514
publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc
imprint: A List

The Hockey Sweater and Other Stories

by Roch Carrier, translated by Sheila Fischman, introduction by Dave Bidini

tagged: short stories (single author), coming of age
Description

The Hockey Sweater, the title story in this 20-story collection, has become an enduring classic: a Quebec boy and Habs fan is shipped a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater by mistake. It encapsulates everything you need to understand French and English Canada, told with humour and love. This edition features a new introduction.

About the Authors
Roch Carrier is the author of more than fifteen novels and numerous children’s books, short story collections, poetry collections, and plays. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Officer of the Order of Canada. He lives in Montreal.

Roch Carrier is the author of more than fifteen novels and numerous children’s books, short story collections, poetry collections, and plays. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Officer of the Order of Canada. He lives in Montreal.

Dave Bidini’s first book, published in 1998, was the popular and critically acclaimed On a Cold Road, about what it’s like to tour Canada in a rock ’n’ roll band. He has since written four more books, Tropic of Hockey (2001), Baseballissimo (2004), For Those About to Rock (2004) and The Best Game You Can Name (2005). When he is not writing or traveling the world, Bidini is rhythm guitarist for the Rheostatics. He also starred in the Gemini Award—winning film The Hockey Nomad. Dave Bidini lives with his wife and two children in Toronto.

Please visit Dave at www.davebidini.ca or follow him on Facebook.

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