num_pages: 552
description: First published in Quebec in 1981, Beauchemin’s highly acclaimed comic masterpiece of storytelling follows in the tradition of the great novels of the 19th century.When Florent Boissonneault comes to the aid of an accident victim, his life changes forever. One onlooker, the powerful and sinister Egon Ratablavasky, comes to haunt his ambitions and dreams, lurking behind his every opportunity, success, and failure. Finally, obsessed by a need to free himself, Florent discovers how to fight back.
language: English
title: The Alley Cat
titlecomplete: The Alley Cat (New Canadian Library)
genres: Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, France, Roman, Fiction, Canada
ratings_count: 433
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Grand Prix du livre de Montréal
publisher: New Canadian Library