Alligator
eBook - ePub

Alligator

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Alligator

About this book

Lisa Moore's Alligator gives dramatic birth to a new kind of fiction: North Atlantic Gothic. The story moves with the swiftness of a gator in attack mode through the lives of a group of brilliantly rendered characters in contemporary St. John's, Newfoundland-- a city whose spiritual location is somewhere in the heart of Flannery O'Connor country. Its denizens jostle each other in uneasy arabesques of desire, greed, lust, and ambition, juxtaposed with a yearning for purity, depth, and redemption. Meet Madeleine, the driven aging filmmaker whose mission is to complete a Bergmanesque magnum opus before she dies; Frank, a young man of innocence and determination whose life is a strange anthology of unpredictable dangers; Valentin, the sociopathic Russian refugee whose predatory tendencies threaten everyone he encounters; and Colleen, at seventeen a hard-edged female Holden Caulfield, drawn inexorably to the places where alligators thrive. In these pages humanity is a bizarre combination of the reptilian and the saintly. Listen to its heartbeat, and be moved -- and delighted.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Openers
  3. 1. Colleen
  4. 2. Frank
  5. 3. Colleen
  6. 4. Beverly
  7. 5. Colleen
  8. 6. Beverly
  9. 7. Madeleine
  10. 8. Beverly
  11. 9. Colleen
  12. 10. Beverly
  13. 11. Frank
  14. 12. Colleen
  15. 13. Valentin
  16. 14. Colleen
  17. 15. Frank
  18. 16. Madeleine
  19. 17. Beverly
  20. 18. Valentin
  21. 19. Mr. Duffy
  22. 20. Colleen
  23. 21. Madeleine
  24. 22. Frank
  25. 23. Madeleine
  26. 24. Colleen
  27. 25. Madeleine
  28. 26. Frank
  29. 27. Madeleine
  30. 28. Colleen
  31. 29. Mr. Duffy
  32. 30. Madeleine
  33. 31. Frank
  34. 32. Madeleine
  35. 33. Valentin
  36. 34. Colleen
  37. 35. Madeleine
  38. 36. Colleen
  39. 37. Frank
  40. 38. Colleen
  41. 39. Frank
  42. 40. Colleen
  43. 41. Isobel
  44. 42. Madeleine
  45. 43. Frank
  46. 44. Colleen
  47. 45. Madeleine
  48. 46. Beverly
  49. 47. Loyola
  50. 48. Madeleine
  51. 49. Colleen
  52. 50. Frank
  53. 51. Kevin
  54. 52. Frank
  55. 53. Valentin
  56. 54. Frank
  57. 55. Colleen
  58. 56. Frank
  59. 57. Carol
  60. 58. Frank
  61. 59. Isobel
  62. 60. Frank
  63. 61. Isobel
  64. 62. Madeleine
  65. Acknowledgements
  66. About the Author
  67. About the Publisher