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    Original Prin
    Original Prin
    Original Prin
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    Original Prin

    By Randy Boyagoda

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    A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE

    A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

    Eight months before he became a suicide bomber, Prin went to the zoo with his family.

    Following a cancer diagnosis, forty-year old Prin vows to become a better man and a better Catholic. He’s going to spend more time with his kids and better time with his wife, care for his recently divorced and aging parents, and also expand his cutting-edge research into the symbolism of the seahorse in Canadian literature.

    But when his historic college in downtown Toronto faces a shutdown and he meets with the condominium developers ready to take it over—including a foul-mouthed young Chinese entrepreneur and Wende, his sexy ex-girlfriend from graduate school—Prin hears the voice of God. Bewildered and divinely inspired, he goes to the Middle East, hoping to save both his college and his soul. Wende is coming, too.

    The first book in a planned trilogy, Original Prin is an entertaining and essential novel about family life, faith, temptation, and fanaticism. It’s a timely story about timeless truths, told with wise insight and great humour, confirming Randy Boyagoda’s place as one of Canada’s funniest and most provocative writers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBiblioasis
    Release dateSep 25, 2018
    ISBN9781771962452
    Original Prin
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    Randy Boyagoda

    Randy Boyagoda is the author of six books, including the novels Governor of the Northern Province, Beggar’s Feast, and Original Prin. His work has been nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize, and named a Globe and Mail Best Book of the year and selected as a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, in addition to generating international acclaim. A regular contributor to CBC Radio and to publications in North America and Great Britain, he is a professor of English at the University of Toronto, where he lives with his wife and their four daughters.

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