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Ha! : a self-murder mystery / written and directed by Gordon Sheppard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheppard, Gordon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aquin, Hubert, 1929-1977.
- Aquin, Hubert.
- Suicide victims--Quebec (Province)--Biography.
- Suicide victims.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 868 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- On 15 March 1977, with his wife's consent, celebrated writer and former terrorist Hubert Aquin blew his brains out on the grounds of a Montreal convent school. Shocked by this self-murder, a filmmaker friend feels compelled to understand why Aquin killed himself - and discovers, at the heart of the tragedy, an unforgettable love story. A "documentary fiction" - a category which includes In Cold Blood and The Executioner's Song - HA! is a seminal work that reinvents the audio-visual revolution of the last century. Interweaving photographs, documents, and images with testimony from Aquin's friends and contemporaries, Aquin himself, and the writers and artists who influenced him, this intriguing novel takes the reader on a Joycean tour of a metropolis in the midst of political and cultural turmoil.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Definitions
- Dedication
- The Setting
- 0
- Prelude
- I
- Villa Maria March 15 1977
- The News
- The Investigation: Genesis
- Preliminary Inquiries
- II
- The Investigation: First Phase
- Neige Noire /“Black Snow”
- Carleton University
- III
- La Presse
- La Presse: Perspectives
- IV
- Le Jour
- Hubert Aquin and Québec
- Hubert Aquin and Canada
- Hubert Aquin and The World
- Suicidal Clues
- V
- A Great Fatigue
- Farewell Visits
- 99 Cents and The Late Roman Empire
- The Trip to Home
- The Return to Montréal
- VI
- Sacrilége
- Last Contacts
- At The Door of Death
- Obomre/“Shadowcast”
- VII.i
- Monday March 14 1977
- Farewell Letters
- The Last Night
- The First Marriage
- VII.ii
- Tuesday Morning March 15 1977
- Mother
- Death Watch
- VII.iii
- A Wake
- VIII.x
- Postmortem Inquiry 1: Epilepsy
- Wednesday March 16 1977
- IX.i, ii, iii, iv
- Postmortem Inquiry 2: The Story Of MM
- Cremation
- MM's Story
- Requiem Mass
- Ay and The Truth About MM
- Ashes
- Quicksand
- Home
- The Beyond
- Coda/Wrap Up
- Cast
- Authorized comments
- Contents
- Credits Credits
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 9786612850011
- 9780773577664
- 0773577661
- 9781282850019
- 1282850016
- 9780773560048
- 0773560041
- OCLC:
- 311307996
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