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2017 novel by Joel Thomas Hynes
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We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night is a novel by Canadian writer Joel Thomas Hynes, published in 2017 by Harper Perennial.[1] It won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2017 Governor General's Awards[2] and the Winterset Award,[3] and was longlisted for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
The novel centres on Johnny Keough, who is undertaking a road trip from his home in Newfoundland to British Columbia to scatter the ashes of his girlfriend Madonna after she is killed in an accident.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Newfoundland and Joel Thomas Hynes: writing about a place he loves". Toronto Star, April 1, 2017.
- ^ "Governor General Literary Awards announced: Joel Thomas Hynes wins top English fiction prize". CBC News, November 1, 2017.
- ^ "Joel Thomas Hynes Wins BMO Winterset Award". VOCM, March 22, 2018.
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