{"product_id":"the-education-of-aubrey-mckee-9781771965835","title":"The Education of Aubrey McKee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the 2024 Toronto Book Awards - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e Most Anticipated Spring Title \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- A \u003cem\u003e49th Shelf\u003c\/em\u003e Can't Miss Title for Spring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young writer finds his way in and out of love in the late twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scene is Toronto, the early 1990s, and at a house party Aubrey McKee falls in love with a bewitching stranger who talks him into stealing a piece of cake. This woman--a poet named Gudrun Peel--rapidly becomes the person for whom he would do anything at all. Together, Aubrey and Gudrun make a life of delirious idiosyncrasy. Surrounded by friends, frenemies, lovers, and rivals in the underground arts scene, the possibilities of their destiny remain radically open. But as their relationship deepens, and their creative and professional lives stumble, stall, and then suddenly blow up, Aubrey and Gudrun struggle against their own inexperience . . . as well as each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe much-anticipated follow-up to Alex Pugsley's \u003cem\u003eAubrey McKee\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Education of Aubrey McKee\u003c\/em\u003e is a campus novel in which the city of Toronto is the institute of higher education and the setting for a glittering story about the incandescence of first love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50654014144786,"sku":"9781771965835","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_924513ea-a5ad-4979-9627-c90101734844.jpg?v=1733369963","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-education-of-aubrey-mckee-9781771965835","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}