Stray Dog Winter: A Novel - Hardcover

Francis, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1596923156 ISBN 13: 9781596923157

Publisher: MacAdam Cage, 2009

Synopsis

A young Australian becomes entangled in his sister's mysterious and dangerous life in the Soviet Union after he agrees to carry a leather money belt into the country past international customs.

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This overwrought sophomore effort from novelist Francis (The Great Inland Sea) finds young gay Australian artist Darcy Bright reluctantly traveling to Moscow in 1984 at the beck of his half-sister/cousin Fin, a fellow artist commissioned to paint the city's industrial landscapes. Interspersing flashbacks of Darcy and Fin's childhood, Francis does little to explain the deep connection, or even the anomalous sexual attraction Darcy feels for the aloof Fin; still, he's helpless against Fin's manipulations, which include her using Darcy's portfolio to score her job. An innocent abroad pulled in different directions by strong-willed people, Darcy must also contend with expatriate Cuban Aurelio, a Moscow patrolman who rounds up hooligans and homosexes. After Darcy's brief affair with Aurelio, the novel ricochets into thriller territory, layered with blackmail, political intrigue, sex, secret agendas and escalating violence. As the plot becomes more tangled, however, Francis's impressionistic style and lack of restraint (He removed Aurelio's coat. It was heavy, like a shawl of dread) stand in the way of clarity, rendering his breakneck plot more exhausting than page-turning. (Oct.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: MacAdam Cage
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1596923156
• ISBN 13: 9781596923157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350