Anvil Press: Salvage King, Ya! : A Herky-Jerky Picaresque

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Scalawags: Rogues, Roustabouts, Wags & Scamps—Ne'er-Do-Wells Through the Ages
Non-Fiction | Jim Christy
Oct 2088 | 224 pp | 6 x 9
ISBN 1895636949
$20 CAN / $20 US

Accelerated Paces: Travels Across Borders and Other Imaginary Boundaries
Non-Fiction | Jim Oaten
Oct 2088 | 176 pp | 5.5 x 8
ISBN 1895636930
$18 CAN / $18 US

What It Feels Like for a Girl
Poetry | Jennica Harper
Sept 2008 | 120 pp | 5.5 x 6
ISBN 1895636965
$15 CAN / $15 US

Suicide Psalms
Poetry | Mari-Lou Rowley
Sept 2008 | 96 pp | 5 x 7
ISBN 1895636922
$15 CAN / $15 US

Tortoise Boy: A Chamber Play
Drama | Charles Tidler
Nov 2008 | 64 pp | 5.25 x 8.25
ISBN 1895636957
$15 CAN / $15 US

Imagining British Columbia: Land, Memory & Place
Non-Fiction | Daniel Francis, Editor
Apr 2008 | 216 pp | 5.5 x 8.25
ISBN 1895636906
18.00 CAN / 18.00 US

The Stone Face
Drama | Sherry MacDonald
Oct 2007 | 80 pp | 5.25 x 8.25
ISBN 1895636876
15.00 CAN / 13.00 US

DAMP: Contemporary Vancouver Media Arts
Art/Photography | Oliver Hockenhull and Alex Mackenzie
Apr 2008 | 144 | 11 x 7.5
ISBN 1895636892
40.00 CAN / 40.00 US

Elysium
Fiction | Pamela Stewart
Apr 2008 | 208 | 5.5 x 8
ISBN 1895636914
18.00 CAN / 18.00 US

Street Stories: 100 Years of Homelessness in Vancouver
Non-Fiction | Michael Barnholden, Nancy Newman, Lindsay Mearns
Nov 2007 | 144 pp | 6 x 8
ISBN 189563685X
20.00 CAN / 16.00 US

Dirtbags
Fiction | Teresa McWhirter
Oct 2007 | 224 pp | 5 x 7.5
ISBN 1895636884
20.00 CAN / 18.00 US

Body Breakdowns: Tales of Illness & Recovery
Non-Fiction | Janis Harper, Editor
Oct 2007 | 168 pp | 5.25 x 7.5
ISBN 1895636868
18.00 CAN / 15.00 US

Tacones: High Heels
Front List | Todd Klinck
Oct 2007 | 128 pp | 5.75 x 7.5
ISBN 1895636841
16.00 CAN / 14.00 US

Fiction

Salvage King, Ya! : A Herky-Jerky Picaresque

By Mark Jarman

Debut novel from the author of 19 Knives and New Orleans is Sinking. Salvage King, Ya! is a gritty, down-to-earth story of a hockey player’s last few years in the minors. Drinkwater, an almost-got-to-the-NHL tough-mouthed romantic is skidding through the tail end of his 30s on a high-octane journey of self-actualization. Chip-toothed and soaring he struggles to come to terms with the conflicting aspirations of his youth and the reality of inheriting the family junkyard. Roving. Luminous. Rowdy. Funny.

ISBN 1895636566
5.75 x 8.75 | 316 pp
20.00 CAN / 15.00 US
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