Ragged company
Four chronically homeless people, Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Diggerseek refuge in a warm movie theatre when a severe Arctic Front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one-time event, this temporary refuge transfixes them. They fall in love with this new world, and once the weather clears, continue their trips to the cinema. On one of these outings they meet Granite, a jaded and lonely journalist who has turned his back on writing "the same story over and over again…
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- Full title :Ragged company / Richard Wagamese.
Summary
Four chronically homeless people, Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Diggerseek refuge in a warm movie theatre when a severe Arctic Front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one-time event, this temporary refuge transfixes them. They fall in love with this new world, and once the weather clears, continue their trips to the cinema. On one of these outings they meet Granite, a jaded and lonely journalist who has turned his back on writing "the same story over and over again" in favour of the escapist qualities of film, and an unlikely friendship is struck. A found cigarette package (contents: some unsmoked cigarettes, three $20 bills, and a lottery ticket) changes the fortune of this struggling set. The ragged company discovers they have won $13.5 million, but none of them can claim the money for lack proper identification. Enlisting the help of Granite, their lives, and fortunes, become forever changed.
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- Publication Date:©2008
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Anchor Canada
- Place of Publication:Toronto
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2008
The Physical Object
- Description:376 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780385256940, 0385256949, 9780385661560, 0385661568
- oclc:on1242323714
- LC Classification:PS8573A27R342008
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