Caprice
a novel by George Bowering
See also
georgebowering.com
Currently out of print
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US: Penguin, paperback, 1988
Canada: Viking, hardcover, 1987
Canada: Penguin, 266 pages paperback, 1994
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
GEORGE BOWERING is a poet, novelist, essayist, critic, historian and editor. In 2002 he was appointed Canada’s first Parliamentary Poet Laureate. He is an officer of the Order of Canada and has been inducted into the Order of British Columbia. He has authored and edited many books, including several that have earned major awards.
SET IN BRITISH COLUMBIA IN THE 1890s, CAPRICE HAS GOOD GUYS AND BAD GUYS, COWBOYS AND INDIANS, AND A CENTRAL FIGURE DETERMINED TO BRING A KILLER TO JUSTICE
This is far from your average Western – the hombres have ethnic identities, the Indians debate metaphysical questions and the would-be avenger is the six-foot, red-headed French-Canadian Caprice, who writes poetry, carries a European bullwhip and has a schoolteacher boyfriend who plays baseball.
PRAISE FOR CAPRICE
“Caprice … throws us some clever curves … [and] packs it all together in a great North American saga.” — THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Often fun, always crafty and intelligent…” — MONTREAL GAZETTE
“[W]ith Caprice, [Bowering] has demonstrated yet again that he's one of Canada's most original writers.” — THE CALGARY HERALD
“… serious, spontaneous, sly and consistently enjoyable…” — THE VANCOUVER PROVINCE
“… Caprice takes the standard western revenge saga and enriches it with literary allusion and poetry-spouting cowpokes who also, some of them, play baseball.” — THE WHIG-STANDARD MAGAZINE
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