Dirty Bird

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Dirty Bird winner of the </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Margaret and John Savage First Book Award</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and shortlisted for the </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is the bold and unsettling debut from Keir Lowther.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Set against the postcard-perfect backdrop of Prince Edward Island the novel follows Travis a young boy navigating a world haunted by the dead the living and those caught in between. When there's a knock at the door his already fractured life begins to unravel-exposing buried grief warped love and dark family secrets.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Laced with sharp dark humor that cuts through the dread </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Dirty Bird</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is told in a creepy deadpan tone with a dark spiritual undercurrent. Travis's chase for truth-and a Happy Meal-leads readers into a deeply strange and fiercely original story. Fans of Tony Burgess Joey Comeau and Lisa Foad will recognize the dread-soaked humor and emotional rawness marking a bold new voice in Canadian fiction.</span></p><p></p>