The Wild Mandrake by Jason Jobin
Doctors used to tell him he was cured. That was a long time ago. Ever since he first left home, writer Jason Jobin has had cancer. His is a special case. Every five years, like clockwork, it relapses, and yet he always pulls through. Life goes on, after a fashion, but there are consequences to surviving.
Jobin defies the odds, not just in beating death, but writing a book that’s engaging, casually brilliant, often funny* BILL GASTON, author of Just Let Me Look at You *
His voice is incomparable, lucid, and irreverent in all the right ways. I will hold this book close to my heart for its honesty and courage and fine, fine writing. * LORNA CROZIER, award-winning poet and author of Through the Garden *
His voice is incomparable, lucid, and irreverent in all the right ways. I will hold this book close to my heart for its honesty and courage and fine, fine writing. * LORNA CROZIER, award-winning poet and author of Through the Garden *
How do you run if the killer lurks within? Where do you hide? Does anyone, ever, outrun themselves? Jason Jobin asks these questions and delivers an intimate, masterful story about endlessly circling the block, driving toward his own destruction, trying to kill the thing that’s killing him.
* YASUKO THANH, author of Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains *
Jason Jobin’s writing has been longlisted for the CBC Nonfiction Prize and published in Cleaver magazine, Pithead Chapel, and The Sun magazine. His stories have won a National Magazine Award and been featured in the 2018 and 2019 Journey Prize anthologies. He lives in Victoria, B.C.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781459750746 |
| ISBN 10 | 1459750748 |
| Title | The Wild Mandrake |
| Author | Jason Jobin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dundurn Group Ltd |
| Year published | 2023-11-09 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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