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The vogue for novels exploring the mud and guts of the first world war has recently taken on a deeper complexity. This is boyden s first novel after the story collection born with a tooth, a powerful tale of two young men. His is known for writing about first nations culture. Joseph boyden cm born october 31, 1966 is a canadian novelist and short story writer of irish and scottish descent. Together with his best friend elijah, he travels far from home with the south ontario rifles and becomes an accomplished sniper. Through their separate, individual experiences, both niska and xavier. Joseph boyden is the author of three awardwinning novels. Boyden, 50, is royalty in the canadian literary world a bestselling, awardwinning author who, over the past. The book opens with the twopage story of xavier and eiijahs first hunt together at age 12.
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