The Last Hiccup

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Historical, Literary
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Author: Christopher Meades ISBN: 9781770902275
Publisher: ECW Press Publication: April 1, 2012
Imprint: ECW Press Language: English
Author: Christopher Meades
ISBN: 9781770902275
Publisher: ECW Press
Publication: April 1, 2012
Imprint: ECW Press
Language: English

“A strange and surprisingly touching novel about how people find good and evil where they look for them” (Booklist).
 
In 1930s Russia, an eight-year-old boy named Vladimir is suddenly stricken with a chronic case of the hiccups. He soon finds himself spirited away to a Moscow hospital by the famous physician Sergei Namestikov, who puts him through a series of extraordinary—and often bizarre—treatments in an effort to find a cure.
 
Then Sergei’s chief medical rival, the brilliant Alexander Afiniganov, determines that beneath Vladimir’s blank eyes lurks a pure, unbridled evil—and takes steps to remove the child from polite society. Abandoned by everyone but his hiccups, Vladimir is about to embark on a journey that is funny, poignant, and surreal—and that takes a close look at the nature of good and evil—in this novel, a winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction from the author of Hanna Who Fell From the Sky.
 
“A beautifully written novel, part folk tale, part parable.” —Will Ferguson, author of Happiness
 

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“A strange and surprisingly touching novel about how people find good and evil where they look for them” (Booklist).
 
In 1930s Russia, an eight-year-old boy named Vladimir is suddenly stricken with a chronic case of the hiccups. He soon finds himself spirited away to a Moscow hospital by the famous physician Sergei Namestikov, who puts him through a series of extraordinary—and often bizarre—treatments in an effort to find a cure.
 
Then Sergei’s chief medical rival, the brilliant Alexander Afiniganov, determines that beneath Vladimir’s blank eyes lurks a pure, unbridled evil—and takes steps to remove the child from polite society. Abandoned by everyone but his hiccups, Vladimir is about to embark on a journey that is funny, poignant, and surreal—and that takes a close look at the nature of good and evil—in this novel, a winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction from the author of Hanna Who Fell From the Sky.
 
“A beautifully written novel, part folk tale, part parable.” —Will Ferguson, author of Happiness
 

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