Linden MacIntyre at The Mount

Linden MacIntyre, distinguished Canadian journalist, broadcaster, and novelist, will read from his new novel, 'Punishment,' on Monday, January 19, at 7:30 pm in the chapel of The Mount on Mt. Edward Road in Charlottetown.

'Punishment' is a powerful exploration of justice and vengeance, and the peril that ensues when passion replaces reason, in a small town shaken by a tragic death. Forced to retire from his job as a corrections officer in Kingston Penitentiary, Tony Breau returns to the Nova Scotia village where he grew up. There, he finds that Dwayne Strickland, a young con he'd had dealings with in prison, has just been arrested after the suspicious death of a teenage girl, the grand daughter of Caddy Stewart, Tony's first love. One of Tony's school classmates also returns, Neil Archie MacDonald, recently retired in shadowy circumstances from the Boston police force. Neil stirs up the community's ire and lust for retribution. As Tony pits himself against vigilante forces, 'Punishment' propels the reader with twists, betrayals, and epiphanies.

MacIntyre has won nine Gemini Awards, an International Emmy, an ACTRA Award, and many other honours for journalistic excellence. His first novel, 'The Long Stretch,' appeared in 1999, and 'The Bishop's Man,' his second novel, won the 2009 Giller Prize for fiction. 'Why Men Lie,' the third novel in The Long Stretch trilogy, was published in 2012.

MacIntyre's reading is sponsored by the UPEI English Department. A book signing will follow, and admission is free.

For information:
Dr. Richard Lemm
Professor, Department of English, UPEI
Winter's Tales Author Reading Series
(902) 566-0389, rlemm@upei.ca