Motorcycles & Sweetgrass (New Face of Fiction)
NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST 2013–2014 – First Nations Communities Read “A near-perfect debut, a masterful mythic-comedy balancing contemporary issues and realities with magic and history. . . .Motorcycles & Sweetgrassis a trickster story, but it’s also a fundamentally human account of individuals and of a people struggling to find a place for themselves in the world. . . . A broad, bawdy, raucous, deeply felt and utterly involving narrative, a genuine pleasure to read. . . .Motorcycles & Sweetgrasspositively crackles with life, love and magic. What more can you ask of a book?”— Robert J. Wiersema,Edmonton Journal “A winning comedy.”— The Globe and Mail “Motorcycles & Sweetgrassmay be concerned with aboriginal community politics, identity, mythology and intergenerational legacies, but it reads like a romp. . . . Yet the book’s real strength is its underlying account of a community struggling to weave an increasingly abstract traditional past with some kind of meaningful future.”— Toronto Star “Drew Hayden Taylor’s got no qualms about poking fun at his Native roots, and that’s what makesMotorcycles & Sweetgrasssuch a pleasure. It’s playful yet soulful, with a narrative that keeps those pages turning. . . . A fun, rollicking book, and Taylor’s voice is fresh and unique.”— NOW(Toronto) “Taylor brings a modern twist to ancient native folklore.Motorcycles & Sweetgrassis a charming story about the importance of balance and belief—and a little bit of magic—in everyone’s life.”— Quill & Quire“If the great Ojibway trickster Nanabush wrote fiction, I imagine he’d write just like Drew Hayden Taylor. You will find much sadness just below the laughs, and sly humour masked by sorrow. A wisdom exists in these pages that only comes from someone who writes from his heart.”—Joseph Boyden “Fast-paced, uproariously funny and genuinely thrilling. Drew Hayden Taylor is one of Canada’s finest and funniest writers.”— Ian Ferguson, author ofVillage of the Small Houses “Funny, heartfelt, hopeful and illuminating.Motorcycles & Sweetgrassmade me laugh and made me think, sometimes in the same sentence. Drew Hayden Taylor is a master storyteller.”— Terry Fallis, author ofThe Best Laid Plans “Drew Hayden Taylor has woven an epic tale of magic, mystery and charm for the world to discover inMotorcycles & Sweetgrass. This is a novel to savor. A complete delight!”— Richard Van Camp, author ofThe Moon of Letting GoandThe Lesser Blessed