Last Voyage of the Loch Ryan

by Andrew Struthers

Overview

Literary Nonfiction. Evicted from his Tofino pyramid for the last time, writer Andrew Struthers has the solution: buy an old fishing boat going cheap via the federal government's Mifflin Plan. He takes up residence onboard with his nine-year-old daughter Pasheabel, and his perennial housing problems are solved. Or are they? THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE LOCH RYAN picks up where the author's prize-winning The Green Shadow left off, offering a tragicomic account of small-town life in British Columbia and of how its residents are affected by the decline of the West Coast fishing fleet. Packed to the gunwales with fascinating West Coast ship lore, hilarious and affectionate account of the author's neighbors, it boasts at least one good laugh per page.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781554200085
Publisher:	New Star Books
Publication date:	08/28/2004
Pages:	197
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Andrew Struthers now lives in Victoria, BC with his daughter Pasheabel, where he works as a writer and filmmaker. His accounts of Clayoquot protests won him a National Magazine Award for humour and were published in book form as The Green Shadow. A frequent contributor to the Vancouver Sun, Monday Magazine, and Western Living, he has also written plays, shot four short films, sold three feature film screenplays, and made an ill–advised solo assault on the Tibetan face of Everest.