First, I'll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then about the murders, which happened later.
About the Book
It was more bad instincts and bad luck that lead to Dell Parsons' parents robbing a bank. They weren't reckless people, but in an instant, their actions alter fifteen-year-old Dell's sense of normal life forever. In the days that follow, he is saved before the authorities think to arrive. Driving across Montana, his life hurtles towards the unknown; a hotel in a deserted town, the violent and enigmatic Arthur Remlinger, and towards Canada itself. But, as Dell discovers, in this new world of secrets and upheaval, he is not the only one whose past lies on the other side of the border.
Reviews
"A vast, magnificent canvas. This is one of the first great novels of the 21st century."
John Banville, Guardian
"Ford is possessed of a writer's greatest gifts ... Pure vocal grace, quiet humor, precise and calm observation ... Ford's language is of the cracked, open spaces and their corresponding places within."
Lorrie Moore, New Yorker
"A brilliant and engrossing portrait of a fragile American family and the fragile consciousness of a teenage boy."
Colm Toibin, Metro
"A real king returns ... a story, and a vision, as sweeping as its landscapes."
Boyd Tonkin, Independent
"Astonishing ... Reviewers will be quick to proclaim that Richard Ford has written a great American novel, another masterpiece, and he most emphatically has. Canada is his finest work to date ... A powerfully human and profound novel that makes one sigh, shudder and weep. Here is greatness. No doubt about it."
Eileen Battersby, Irish Times
"Ford really excels in his virtuoso command of narrative suspense ... each part of Canada is superb in its own way ... Ford is a serious artist."
New York Review of Books
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