The Custodian of Paradise
By Wayne Johnston.
Description
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Wayne Johnston’s breakthrough novel based on the life of Newfoundland’s first premier, Joe Smallwood, was published internationally and in several languages. It earned him nominations for the highest fiction prizes in Canada, and is regarded as a masterpiece of historical fiction by critics and readers alike. One of the most highly praised elements of the novel is the character Sheilagh Fielding, a Dorothy Parker-like woman with whom Smallwood shares a lifelong love-hate relationship. Reviewers called her "Johnston’s most compelling ch...
ISBN(s)
0676978150, 9780676978155
