Ballistics

Richard Ford meets E Annie Proulx in a deeply compelling, stunningly written story of fathers and sons, friendship and betrayal, by the winner of the BBC National Short Story Award 2011

It is summer and the Canadian Rockies are on fire. Fleeing the fallout of a failed relationship, Alan West returns to his grandfather's home in the Kootenay Valley. Cecil West, an old man confronted by his own mortality, asks Alan to track down his son, Alan's father, so that Cecil can make his peace with him. And so Alan begins his search for Jack West: a man who skipped town before Alan could walk. His quest will lead him to Archer, an American soldier who long ago went AWOL across the border. The young man and the old soldier set off on a reckless journey. What they find will change their lives forever.

Product details

• Authors: D W Wilson, D. W. Wilson, D.W. Wilson, Wilson D. W.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 14.08.2014
• EAN: 9781408833780
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-3378-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 200 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Rocky Mountains, FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Narrative theme: Interior life, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships