whilst Cillian Kennedy’s physique used to be fished out of the canal, not anyone believed his loss of life was once because of common causes.

But while the police wrote it off as an unintentional dying, 4 of his family and friends roamed the town within the seek of any clue which may bring about the killer.

Answers have been stumbled on down useless finish roads, at the fringe of the commercial harbour entrance, in an deserted development now a crack den, via vague networks of anti-racist skinheads, the racist background entrance, former homosexual bashers, the flailing Irish mob and the Mohawk MMA circuit.

Featuring a few of Montreal’s so much infamous neighbourhoods, and instructed in a uniquely gritty raconteur voice, GRAND TRUNK AND SHEARER deals greater than the common run-of-the-mill secret novel. At a crossroads among noir, deepest eye and literary fiction, it's a e-book that would please those that have come to invite extra of the style with profound characterization, all the way down to earth variety, minimalist atmosphere, plausible violence and wonderful dialogue.

***Praise for Grand Trunk and Shearer***

“D’Arcy Kennedy’s look for his brother’s killer is a gut-wrenching journey right into a global of individuals left at the back of by means of gentrification, forgotten via altering politics and attempting to hold onto what little kinfolk they've got left. It’s real, it’s uncooked, and it’s bought center. It’s a visit worthy taking.”
—John McFetridge, writer of a bit greater than Free

***Praise for Ian Truman***

“The manufacturing facility Line captures an wonderful voice in a hugely readable demeanour which relays the exploits of a few blue collar manufacturing facility staff over the process a day.”
—Brian Lindenmuth, Spinetingler Magazine

“Truman has a massive ear for dialogue...There aren’t pens like [his] within the writing business.”
—Benoit Lelièvre, useless finish Follies

“Truman’s A Teenage Suicide follows a bunch of pals operating via overdue maturity problems with id, melancholy, and many tricky offerings. Set in and round Montreal and specifically its punk, artwork, activist and pupil scenes, its down-to-earth raconteur type presents a permanent picture of young-adult existence within the huge urban today.”
—Expozine Awards