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Vanderhaeghe seamlessly alternates two interconnected stories. The screen adaptation of guy vanderhaeghes awardwinning novel, the englishmans boy is an unforgettable tale of deceit, manipulation, guilt and violence set against the dual backdrops of an unforgiving 1873 north american frontier and the allure of 1920s hollywood. The englishmans boy is a novel by guy vanderhaeghe, published in 1996 by mcclelland and stewart, which won the governor generals award for englishlanguage fiction in 1996 and was nominated for the giller prize. The englishmans boy, by guy vanderhaeghe pechorins journal. Art is a major export and factors in the formation of national identity.
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