Dying for Veronica
Subtitle: a sub-catholic dream with mind-music : a novel
By: by Matthew D. Remski.
Publisher: Insomniac Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Description: Matthew Remski's first novel, set in 1970s Toronto, is an incestuous love story of bizarre proportions. The narrator recalls an unhappy and twisted childhood spent with his sister Veronica, whom he is in love with - which leads to an even more unhappy adulthood. Shot through with black humour and biting satire, Dying for Veronica is rich with dark secrets. It draws deeply on the often mysterious imagery of Catholic mythology and its collision with - and submersion by - modern North American culture.