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Letters from Johnny

A novel by Wayne Ng.

Wayne Ng

Eleven-year-old Johnny tries to make sense of a murder, an absent father, and the FLQ Crisis through heart and humour-filled letters to hockey legend Dave Keon.

Dripping with nostalgia and awash with humour, Letters From Johnny is set in 1970's Toronto through the eyes of mischievous Johnny Wong, a lonely boy who tries to stickhandle a neighbourhood of immigrants and draft dodgers. Johnny's world unravels after a murder, a betrayal, and the unexpected emergence of a family member, all this as he tries to make sense of the FLQ crisis. His only solace are letters to a penpal, then to Dave Keon, captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs. (From Guernica Editions)

Letters from Jonny is available in April 2021.

Wayne Ng is a novelist, travel writer and social worker from Toronto, who now lives in Ottawa. He is also the author of the novelFinding the Way: A Novel of Lao Tzu.

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