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By Kevin Lambert. 2022
As a millworkers’ strike in the northern lumber town of Roberval drags on, tensions start to escalate between the workers—but…
when a lockout renews their solidarity, they rally around the mysterious and magnetic influence of Querelle, a dashing newcomer from Montreal. Strapping and unabashed, likeable but callow, by day he walks the picket lines and at night moves like a mythic Adonis through the ranks of young men who flock to his apartment for sex. As the dispute hardens and both sides refuse to yield, sand stalls the gears of the economic machine and the tinderbox of class struggle and entitlement ignites in a firestorm of passions carnal and violent. Trenchant social drama, a tribute to Jean Genet’s antihero, and a brilliant reimagining of the ancient form of tragedy, Querelle of Roberval, winner of France’s Marquis de Sade Prize, is a wildly imaginative story of justice, passion, and murderous revenge.By Louise Penny. 2009
A stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store and all clues point to bistro owner Olivier…
being the killer. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies, exposing both treasures and rancid secrets long buried - but not forgotten. Some strong language. 2009.By Yves Beauchemin. 2018
Montreal student Jerome Lupien - libidinous, unscrupulous, and fresh out of university - is ambitious and at loose ends. Whether…
on a hunting trip into Québec's northern woods, on an escape planned in good faith to Cuba, or seeking to make his way in Montreal, Jerome cannot help but be embroiled in misadventures and underworld escapades. He is conned by the devious - a hunting guide, a low-life car salesman, and, ultimately, a well-to-do political lobbyist profiting by the city's infamously corrupt partnership of politicians wielding remunerative contracts and the construction firms in cahoots. The unwitting (though frequently culpable) young man is enrolled, whether he knows it or not, in an unconventional and criminal school. And the education is singular, not only for Jerome, but also the reader. The young man's heady journey provides a portrait of Québec and the city of Montreal in all its topographical and class variety. 2018.By Susan Ouriou, Patrick Senécal. 2012
What happens in the mind of a man when, all of a sudden, he loses all reason for living? When…
everything in his life collapses around him and he is left with nothing, wondering why fate has been so scornfully unremitting? What stops him from becoming monstrous when morality is no longer an issue? Descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and some strong language. c2012. Uniform title: Contre Dieu.By Ginette Anfousse, Raymonde Longval. 1995
9-year-old Rosie's adventure begins with a schoolyard snowball fight that is misinterpreted by the teachers as a racist quarrel. Vietnamese…
immigrant Piam Low describes to Rosalie what real war is like, while she deals with the disappearance of her new kitten, and the sickness of her close friend, Pierre-Yves. Grades 3-6. 1995. Uniform title: Rosalie s'en va-t-en guerre.By Claude Fournier, Jean-Pierre Fournier. 1995
A fictionalized account of the life of Rene Levesque, whose charisma and passion for Quebec made him a hero, yet…
who remained distant and elusive to his friends. Some strong language. c1995. Uniform title: René Lévesque, portrait d'un homme seul.By Yves Beauchemin. 1986
This novel, set in Montreal in the 1970s, recounts the struggle of Florent Boissonneault against the wicked and powerful Egon…
Ratablavasky who backs Florent's purchase of a restaurant and then steals it from him. 1986. Uniform title: Matou.By Sheila Fischman, Roch Carrier. 1987
Set in Quebec during the Duplessis era. The premier calls an election and announces the construction of a road through…
a remote village. In return for jobs, the villagers are expected to vote for the premier's party. A dark novel of love, politics and corruption. 1987. Uniform title: De l'amour dans la ferraille.By Antonine Maillet. 1982
Beginning in 1770, a determined young widow leads a group of French families on a 10-year journey by oxcart to…
their homeland in Canada. Some strong language. 1982. Uniform title: Pélagie-la-Charette.By Yves Beauchemin, Wayne Grady. 2009
After leaving high school at sixteen, Charles takes the leap and sets out to write The Great Montreal Novel. As…
the pages pile up and his money runs out, Charles takes a series of terrible jobs, while encountering smarmy publishers and the Quebec political scene of the 1980s. Sequel to "Years of fire" (DC31044). Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2009. (Charles the bold ; 3) Uniform title: Saut dans le vide.By Louise Penny. 2009
A stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store and all clues point to bistro owner Olivier…
being the killer. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies, exposing both treasures and rancid secrets long buried - but not forgotten. Some strong language. 2009.By Charlotte Gingras, Susan Ouriou. 2009
Mirabelle is good at art, but she's also almost fifteen, friendless, plagued by dark thoughts and a crazy family and…
a body that seems to be changing daily. When Mira meets free-spirited Catherine, she encourages her to come out of her shell, but Mira finds that her new-found confidence can still be shattered in an instant. Only after Mira faces a betrayal and a tragedy can she begin to put the fragmented pieces of herself together. For senior high readers. Some descriptions of sex. Governor General's Literary Award, 1999. c2009. Uniform title: Liberté? connais pas.By Mauricio Segura, Dawn M Cornelio. 2010
In the Côte-des-Neiges area of Montreal, the first stop for many new immigrants, live people of more than 100 nationalities.…
Marcelo, the sensitive son of Chilean refugees, and Cléo, a shy boy from Haiti, find friendship on the track, winning a major relay race together. Years later, two violent gangs, the Latino Power and the Bad Boys, confront each other, and their leaders must decide whether they will be united by their childhood friendship or divided by race. 2010. Uniform title: Côte-des-Nègres.By Louise Penny. 2008
The Manoir Bellechasse is playing host to the Finney family reunion, there to pay tribute to their father. Old secrets…
and bitter rivalries begin to simmer, and soon a dead body is discovered. Chief Inspector Gamache, also a guest at the resort, finds himself with a hotel full of suspects, including the staff, and with the hotel locked down, a cornered predator. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2008.By Nicolas Dickner, Lazer Lederhendler. 2008
Spring 1989. Three young people - Noah, Joyce and an unnamed narrator - leave their far-flung birthplaces to end up…
in Montreal, each on a voyage of self-discovery. A tale that shows the surprising links between garbage-obsessed archeologists, pirates past and present, earthquake victims, sea snakes, several very large tuna fish, an illiterate deep-sea diver, a Commodore 64, a mysterious book with no cover, and a broken compass whose needle obstinately points to the Aleutian village of Nikolski. Descriptions of violence and strong language. Winner of Canada Reads 2010. 2008. Uniform title: Nikolski.By Louise Penny. 2007
Armand Gamache is called to the village of Three Pines to investigate a mysterious death resulting from a séance. Gamache…
soon finds that the village is haunted by deeply buried secrets, and that he himself is the target of a powerful enemy within the Sureté du Québec. Some descriptions of violence, strong language. 2007.By Michel Tremblay, Sheila Fischman. 2008
Change is in the air - the Quebec independence movement has been endorsed by Charles de Gaulle's famous "Vive le…
Québec libre!" declaration, Expo 67 is about to open, and things will never be the same. Céline Poulin, a midget, records her observations as she starts a new job as a hostess in a 'specialty' bordello. Sequel to "The black notebook" (DC30031). Explicit descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence, and explicit strong language. 2004. Uniform title: Cahier rouge.By Hugh MacLennan. 1967
A Canadian writer fictionalizes the seemingly insoluble conflict between the establishment and the French-speaking population, in this story of the…
hot-headed son of a Minister of Culture, who leads a riotous demonstration against the government. Some descriptions of sex. 1967.By Yves Beauchemin, Wayne Grady. 2006
1966. The rest of Montreal is excited by the new subway system, but the birth of Charles Thibodeau is a…
big event for his parents and their east-end Montreal working-class neighbours. Charles endures the death of his mother, the October Crisis, being taken away from his drunken, violent father and becoming part of the Fafard family. His adventures in school, a part-time job and camp lead him to fully earn his title, Charles the Bold. Followed by "Years of fire" (DC31044). Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2006. (Charles the Bold ; 1) Uniform title: Charles le téméraire.By Yves Beauchemin, Wayne Grady. 2007
Charles Thibodeau's high school years are truly years of fire: he discovers girls and politics. Fire also changes his life…
when his estranged father threatens his stepfather's store with arson. Charles must begin dealing drugs to pay him off, desperate to escape that life and fulfil his dreams of becoming a writer. Sequel to "Charles the bold" (DC29961). Descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2007. (Charles the Bold ; 2) Uniform title: Saut dans le vide.