Passengers

The sixth and, on the surface, most innovative poetry collection from Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Michael Crummey.

Eclectic, unpredictable, and strange,Passengersfollows Swedish poet Tomas Transtrmer on an imagined circumnavigation of Newfoundland; traces the island escapades of Lucifer from the time of his arrival as a stowaway in the Middle Ages; and wanders the pre-pandemic cities of Europe, touching down in Stockholm's ABBA museum, the Belfast Public Library, Austria's plague cemeteries, and the Czech Republic's Punkva Caves.

Part travelogue, part archeological dig,Passengersis an eccentric guide to the wild geography, folklore, and misbegotten history of the human heart. (From House of Anansi)

Michael Crummeyis a poet and novelist from Newfoundland and Labrador.The Innocentsis on theRogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize shortlist. Two of Crummey's novels have been shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction Sweetlandin 2014 andGalorein 2009.The Innocentswasshortlisted for the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize,the 2019 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prizeand the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction.

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