In English
Governor General's (French) 2003 · Finalist
Vaudeville!
Music-Hall!
Gaétan Soucy · 44 when first published
Novel · 440 pages
AI-generated summary:In late-1920s New York, Xavier X. Mortanse, who believes he is a newly arrived Hungarian immigrant, works on a demolition crew and comes home each night, covered in dust and humiliation, to a tiny room next to the gentle Peggy Sue Ohara.