Some great thing
By: Lawrence Hill.
Publisher: Turnstone Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Winnipeg, Man
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Journalists -- Fiction.; Winnipeg (Man.) -- Fiction.
Description: "Disillusioned and apathetic after four years of college, fledgling reporter Mahatma Grafton returns to his hometown to begin work at a local newspaper. The eccentric commitment of an unlikely welfare crusader, an exchange student from Cameroon and a French language rights activist begins to consume him. When a peaceful demonstration escalates into a full-scale riot and police cover-up, Mahatma discovers the principles that have always eluded him. Intelligent and comic, Some Great Thing exposes the internal realities of a newspaper's editorial desk, and treats social issues such as race, gender, language and the rights of the poor with sensitivity and courage."--Jacket.