Down to the Dirt
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Price:
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$19.95
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On Sale:
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07/04/2005
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Formats:
Trade PB
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Keith Kavanagh lost his virginity at
13 to a woman twice his age. He met his girlfriend while pissing on the hood of
her father’s truck. He may have almost burned down the North Side of the Cove,
his Newfoundland outport hometown, but not even his best friend knows for sure.
Hard-drinking,
hard-fighting, hardticket hooligan Keith is the turbulent anti-hero of Down
to the Dirt, the visceral first novel by writer and actor Joel Hynes.
Following Keith—along with his girlfriend Natasha, and reluctant best friend,
Andy from the kitchens and basements of the Cove to the bars of St. John’s and
the alleys of Halifax, this is a stark and edgy chronicle of violence, drugs,
sex and black humour. Hynes writes with a deft crispness and introspection that
carries the authenticity of Keith’s anger and self-destructive adventures. The
winner of the 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Association’s
Percy Janes First Novel Award while still in manuscript form, Down to the
Dirt marks the emergence of a powerful presence in the new generation of
Canadian writers.
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Author Extras
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Critical Praise for
Down to the Dirt
"Hynes captures [dialogue] masterfully...Raunchy, humourous and energetic....A gritty, moving portrait of growing up--or trying to, anyway."
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Publishers Weekly
"If you think novels out of Newfoundland tend to be quaintly toothless, try this one. It's as raunchy as a teenager's bedroom."
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David Gilmour, author of A Perfect Night to Go to China
"Combine Frank McCourt and Roddy Doyle's gifts for evoking a
sense of place with Raymond Carver's way with dialogue, and you have Down to
the Dirt, Newfoundlander Joel Hynes' debut novel. "
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Winnipeg Free Press
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Down to the Dirt
Keith Kavanagh lost his virginity at 13 to a woman twice his age. He met his girlfriend while pissing on the hood of her father’s truck. He may have almost burned down the North Side of his Newfoundland outport hometown, but not even his best friend knows for sure. The transient nature of...
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