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What Comes Echoing Back by Leo McKay Jr.

A novel about two friends who bond over music and infamy.

A novel about two friends who bond over music and infamy

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A poignant novel imbued with music from the Governor General's Award shortlisted author ofLike This and Twenty-Sixthat follows two social outcasts as they navigate through their traumatic pasts.

The worst moment of Sam's life was captured on video and shared across the Internet for all to gawk at. This is something she has in common with Robot, who just wants to move past the mistakes he's made, if only his small town will let him. When the two meet in a high school music class, they start to find their way to each other. Music might offer a way not only forward, but forward together, if Sam and Robot can overcome the echoes of the moments that made them infamous.

The past reverberates in ways we don't expect, in this new novel by Giller Prize shortlisted author Leo McKay, Jr. From family secrets and old relationships that resurface, to the tape loops that endlessly replay private moments of trauma and despair,What Comes Echoing Backtravels back and forth in time to get to what's true, with humour, humanity, and the healing power of music. (From Vagrant Press)

What Comes Echoing Backwas on thelonglist for Canada Reads 2024.

Leo McKay, Jr. is a writer and a high school teacher. His novelTwenty-Sixwon the Dartmouth Book Award and was chosen for the One Book Nova Scotia event. His debut collection of stories,Like This, also won the Dartmouth Book Award and was a finalist for theGiller Prize.

Intervieews with Leo McKay Jr.

The Canada Reads 2024 longlist was just announced and Nova Scotia's own Leo McKay Jr. has made the cut with his debut novel, What Comes Echoing Back. He joins host Jeff Douglas to talk about the achievement.

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