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2006 Longlist

Down to the Dirt

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Keith Kavanagh lost his virginity at 13 to a woman twice his age. He met his girlfriend while pissing on the hood of her father’s truck. He may have almost burned down the North Side of the Cove, his Newfoundland outport hometown, but not even his best friend knows for sure.

Hard-drinking, hard-fighting, hardticket hooligan Keith is the turbulent anti-hero of Down to the Dirt, the visceral first novel by writer and actor Joel Hynes. Following Keith, along with his girlfriend Natasha, and reluctant best friend, Andy, from the kitchens and basements of the Cove to the bars of St. John’s and the alleys of Halifax, this is a stark and edgy chronicle of violence, drugs, sex and black humour.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Joel
Hynes

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Canada
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Killick Press

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