Fiction

Stolen

By Annette Lapointe

Giller Prize Nominee

Rowan Friesen has made a career of drug-dealing and small-time thievery on the outer edges of Saskatoon. Shiftless and seemingly friendless, he is, at first glance, an unlikely protagonist. But as Stolen unfolds, we learn the details of Rowan’s life: his well meaning but self-absorbed mother, his mentally ill father, and a high-school friendship both lustful and incendiary. This intriguing back-story runs alongside a current-day murder mystery, complete with road trips, arson, drink and drugs, tech nerds and the RCMP. Rowan Friesen may not be the world’s most likable character, but the complexity and honesty of his story is thrilling. Stolen’s lean, tight narrative tells a tale of theft, love, and madness on the Canadian prairie, and moves along like a half-ton pickup bouncing over dirt roads.

Praise for Stolen

Winner, Saskatchewan Book Awards

Best First Book
City of Saskatoon Book Award

Globe & Mail Top 5 First Fiction

ISBN 1895636736
6 x 9 | 256 pp
20.00 CAN / 16.00 US
Rights available:  World