![]() ![]() Richards has been a writer-in-residence at various universities and colleges across Canada, including the University of New Brunswick. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, one course shy of completing a B.A. It will attract controversy but its fierce authenticity cannot be denied.ĭavid Adams Richards (born 17 October 1950) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet.īorn in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Richards left St. The Tragedy of Eva Mott has all the power and brilliance-and many flashes of wry humour-of David Adams Richards at the very top of his form. And what of poor, naive Eva Mott, the captivating beauty who wished to be like her talented cousin Clara? Her story and the book that bears her name will haunt you. Its victims are growing in number: a college professor in town is falsely accused of sexual harassment a young woman is slipped an hallucinogen at a party with appalling consequences for her and two boys. Carmel and Albert, it seems, are heralds of a new world addicted to mimicry and empty self-promotion, to delusions and temptations. She and her son Albert are contemptuous of the values of Byron and his kind, while still finding use for his wealth and property. His wife Carmel, whom he vaingloriously believed he was rescuing with his marriage proposal, has become an intellectual and political poseur. But meanwhile his own world is unravelling in ways that are unlikely ever to be fixed. ![]() The Raskins' nephew Byron, a war hero and man of wealth, urges the brothers to look for other, less toxic minerals to extract. The world is changing, no doubt for the better.īut in the shadow of the mine, the values of a whole community are transforming, in more sinister ways. But now their mine is under close scientific scrutiny, with reports of serious illness linked to the place. The Raskin brothers were once proud to be producers of a much sought-after material of great benefit to society-asbestos. Literary legend David Adams Richards follows the epic Miramichi Trilogy with a startling standalone novel of concentrated power. ![]()
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