This eagerly anticipated new novel is Eden Robinson's most satisfying,
disturbing, and addictive to date.
A new novel from one of our best young writers, Blood Sports is the
tough, gritty story of the brutal cat-and-mouse relationship between two
cousins -- Tom and Jeremy Bauer -- set in Vancouver's Downtown East
Side.
Tom, a young man, hardly innocent, has been caught up over the years in
Jeremy's world of drugs, extortion, and prostitutes, while Jeremy,
vindictive, vicious, either protects Tom or uses him, but always
controls him. Added to the mix is Paulie, a junkie two years clean and
Tom's girlfriend, and also the mother of his daughter. This lethal
triangle shifts when word gets out Tom has been talking to the police,
and men from the past who have a lot to lose reappear. Suddenly Tom and
Paulie are pawns in a much larger game, with everything at stake.
With the storytelling skill and engrossing characterizations that have
made her previous books so popular, Robinson keeps the tension humming
in this riveting novel. This is Eden Robinson at the height of her
powers.
"I was born on the same day as Edgar Allan Poe and Dolly Parton. I am
absolutely certain that this affects my writing in some way."
--Eden Robinson
