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Bonk on the head / John-James Ford.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.4.F6774 B66 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ford, John-James, 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 276 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Roberts Creek, BC : Nightwood Editions, 2005.
- Summary:
- "Bonk on the Head" is the fictional account of a young man' s strange and gruelling journey through military indoctrination, and the strange and gruelling family life that drives him to it. Author John-James Ford, himself a graduate of Royal Military College, presents a spirited coming-of-age novel that is at once both gripping and hilarious. The unforgettable Verbal Kempt, boy-man, flits between deranged assaults on the senses and sensory deprivation, between memory and amnesia, to define and redefine his own understanding of freedom and personality. His dilemmas take the form of private wars inside and outside the skull--embroiling family, institutions, landscape and language.
- ISBN:
- 0889712042 :
- OCLC:
- 58455431
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