The Lesser Blessed: 20th Anniversary Special Edition

Internationally praised & the subject of a critically acclaimed film, Richard Van Camp's bestselling novel about coming of age in Canada's North has achieved the status of an Indigenous classic & it was included in CBC's list of 100 novels that make you proud to be Canadian. This special 20th anniversary edition features a new introduction from the author, as well as two short stories that follow the lives of the novel's main characters. 

The Lesser Blessed tracks the exploits of Larry Sole, a Dogrib teenager living in the small Northern town of Fort Simmer. After losing much of his memory in a violent accident, what he loves more than anything is reading, hearing & collecting stories. With no interest in booze or sports, he floats on the edges of high school life, sustained by his love of Iron Maiden & a hopeless passion for school hottie Juliet Hope. When good-looking, trouble-seeking Johnny Beck moves into town, he shakes up Larry's dreamy existence & leads him into a life of sex, drugs & violence, bringing him face to face with memories that he's done his best to lose.