Here's a novel that offers both an intense journey (Mary's) and a portrait of a specific time and place: the Canadian frontier. Set in , Adamson's compelling debut tells the wintry tale of year-old Mary Boulton (" [w]idowed by her own hand") and her frantic odyssey across Idaho and Montana. The Outlander () is a western/historical crime novel. Written by Canadian poet Gil Adamson, the novel won multiple awards, including the Hammett Prize, ReLit Award for Best Novel, and the bltadwin.ru First Novel Award. The story is about Mary Boulton, a young woman who murders her callous husband and goes on the run in the wilds of Canada, pursued by her ruthless brothers-in-law and tormented by . · Gil Adamson (born Gillian Adamson, ) is a Canadian writer. She won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in for her novel The Outlander. Adamson's first published work was "Primitive," a volume of poetry, in /5.
Genre. Gil Adamson (born Gillian Adamson, ) is a Canadian writer. She won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in for her novel The Outlander. Adamson's first published work was "Primitive," a volume of poetry, in She followed up with the short story collection "Help Me, Jacques Cousteau" in and a second volume of. Most of The Outlander is fictional, but the slide at Frank, which catastrophically plagues the closing third of the story, is based on the factual landslide at Frank, Alberta in Frank, Alberta was a small Canadian mining outpost that was inaugurated as a town in On Ap, 74 million tons of limestone slid from the top of Turtle Mountain and blanketed nearly three-square. Buy The Outlander by Gil Adamson online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 10 editions - starting at $ Shop now.
Here's a novel that offers both an intense journey (Mary's) and a portrait of a specific time and place: the Canadian frontier. Set in , Adamson's compelling debut tells the wintry tale of year-old Mary Boulton (" [w]idowed by her own hand") and her frantic odyssey across Idaho and Montana. Gil Adamson (born Gillian Adamson, ) is a Canadian writer. She won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in for her novel The Outlander. Adamson's first published work was "Primitive," a volume of poetry, in Striking, thoughtful, full of unexpected twists, The Outlander is that rare delight: a novel that is beautifully written yet as gripping as any airport page-turner.
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