The divine Ryans /
Wayne Johnston.
- Vintage Canada edition.
- [Toronto, ON] : Vintage Canada, 1998, c1990.
- 215 p. ; 21 cm.
Originally published: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, c1990.
Nine-year-old Draper Doyle Ryan is the youngest member of his extensive and eccentric Irish-Catholic clan in Newfoundland. Amidst his struggles with daily life, the hapless boy is obsessed with Montreal Canadiens hockey, erotic dreams, and recurring visions of his deceased father
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Catholics--Newfoundland--Fiction. Funeral homes--Newfoundland--Fiction. Aunts--Newfoundland--Fiction. Uncles--Newfoundland--Fiction. Young men--Family relationships--Newfoundland--Fiction. Fathers and sons--Newfoundland--Fiction. Widows--Newfoundland--Fiction.