The Extra: Short Story |
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| Authors: | Christie, Michael |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC029000 |
| ISBN: | 9781443421782, Related ISBNs: 1443421782, 9781443421782 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 50, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
From the critically acclaimed short-story collection The Beggar’s Garden, “The Extra” features a young, mentally disabled man and his best friend, Rick, who find work as extras on a film set. This story was nominated for a Journey Prize.
The Beggar’s Garden follows a diverse group of characters, from a bank manager to a drug addict to a retired Samaritan, a web designer, and a car thief, as they drift through each other’s lives in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Michael Christie’s darkly funny debut collection won the Vancouver Book Award; it was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize.
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