The Phoenix Lottery
by Allan Stratton
ISBN 9781896332161 | 5.5" x 8.5" | TPB with French Flaps | $22.99
Categories:Fiction - Literary
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Synopsis
Shortlisted for the 2001 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.In a desperate attempt to save his foundering charity — and to exorcise a few personal demons — Canadian philanthropist Junior Beamish creates a lottery in which the winner gets to publicly torch an original van Gogh. A grand comedy about art, commerce and untidy family relationships, The Phoenix Lottery sweeps from Mafia hits in post-war Italy to post-millennial Vatican intrigue by way of revolutionary Cuba, Bay Street backstabs, a seance on Baffin Island, and a Port Elgin S&M bed and breakfast.
Reviews
"Read this book because it is funny. It's the funniest book I've read in years, maybe in decades." — The Globe and Mail
