{"product_id":"aubrey-mckee-9781771963114","title":"Aubrey McKee","description":"\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI am from Halifax, salt-water city, a place of silted genius, sudden women, figures floating in all waters. \"People from Halifax are all famous,\" my sister Faith has said. \"Because everyone in Halifax knows each other's business.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From basement rec rooms to midnight railway tracks, Action Transfers to Smarties boxes crammed with joints, from Paul McCartney on the kitchen radio to their furious teenaged cover of The Ramones, Aubrey McKee and his familiars navigate late adolescence amidst the old-monied decadence of Halifax. An arcana of oddball angels, Alex Pugsley's long-awaited debut novel follows rich-kid drug dealers and junior tennis brats, émigré heart surgeons and small-time thugs, renegade private school girls and runaway children as they try to make sense of the city into which they've been born. Part coming-of-age-story, part social chronicle, and part study of the myths that define our growing up, Aubrey McKee introduces a breathtakingly original new voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlex Pugsley\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eAubrey McKee\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Education of Aubrey McKee\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the short story collection \u003cem\u003eShimmer\u003c\/em\u003e. Following the publication of \u003cem\u003eAubrey McKee\u003c\/em\u003e, he was named one of CBC's Writers to Watch. He has been nominated for Canadian Comedy Awards, Gemini Awards, Hot Doc Awards, National Magazine Awards, and is a winner of the Writers' Trust Journey Prize. His feature film \u003cem\u003eDirty Singles\u003c\/em\u003e is available on Apple TV and Prime Video. His next novel, \u003cem\u003eSilver Lake\u003c\/em\u003e, the third book in a series about \u003cem\u003eAubrey McKee\u003c\/em\u003e, is forthcoming from Biblioasis.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493148332306,"sku":"9781771963114","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bd145a6d-f4ea-4c6a-8f7f-970b95fec5f7.jpg?v=1730632070","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/aubrey-mckee-9781771963114","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}