Come down to Books on Beechwood on Saturday, January 15 to meet Christian McPherson, who will be signing his debut novel “The Cube People” from 12:00 to 2:00pm.
From the jacket:
“Colin MacDonald is surrounded by a cast of screwball characters while he tolls away at his government job, procreation, and dreams of becoming a published writer. Recycled air, bad lighting and bizarre environmental office policies by day; scheduled love-making sessions and rejection letters by night, push MacDonald to try to write his way out of his cyclical life story.”
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“Christian McPherson is the author of Six Ways to Sunday (shortlisted for the 2008 ReLit Award for Short Fiction), Poems That Swim from My Brain Like Rats Leaving a Sinking Ship and his debut novel The Cube People.”
What the critics are saying:
“The Cube People is Dilbert as if possessed by a libido the size of Ron Jeremy’s and the humour of Steven Wright. A book for the sci-fi-obsessed but cubicle-bound geek in all of us, and for anyone who has dared to make art but face rejection.” -Grant Lawrence, CBC Radio host, author of Adventures in Solitude.
“There is something to be said about a book that can keep you so deeply immersed you finish it in a single day…between his book’s rejections, his baby-obsessed wife and horrible day job, Colin becomes the everyman for anyone who has been constantly beaten down and hoped for salvation.” -The Charlatan, Independent Weekly Student Publication at Carleton University.
So, come down to the bookstore on the afternoon of Saturday, January 15 to meet the author, have a chat, buy a book (or two), and get it signed! We look forward to seeing you!