{"product_id":"9781897535172","title":"Salvage King, Ya!: A Herky-Jerky Picaresque","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist, ReLit Award \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmazon.ca's 50 Essential Canadian Books selection\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1997 to much critical acclaim, \u003ci\u003eSalvage King, Ya!\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel firmly rooted in Canada’s favourite national pastime—hockey. Critics have called \u003ci\u003eSalvage King, Ya!\u003c\/i\u003e “the great Canadian novel,” and a “postmodern Canadian classic.” Drinkwater, Jarman’s narrator, is the “heir reluctant” of the family business (the salvage company of the book’s title) and an aspiring NHL defenceman. His life hurtles between the hockey rink, the junkyard, the road, and the three women in his life: The Intended, the mesmerizing Waitress X, and ex-wife Kathy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Everyman, Drinkwater is approaching mid-life acutely aware of the choices and options available to him—and the ones that are slowly slipping from his reach. Fast-paced, raucous and kinetically charged, \u003ci\u003eSalvage, King, Ya!\u003c\/i\u003e is a hockey novel bursting with dynamism and originality. This is the “breakthrough” novel from the author of the short story collections \u003ci\u003e19 Knives, New Orleans Is Sinking, Dancing Nightly in the Tavern\u003c\/i\u003e, and the memoir \u003ci\u003eIreland’s Eye\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSalvage King, Ya!\u003c\/i\u003e is a roving, luminous, rowdy, and funny novel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSalvage King, Ya!\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“if it’s the best hockey book ever written, does that make it The Great Canadian Novel?” (\u003ci\u003eThe Danforth Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“a brilliant work . . . a postmodern Canadian classic” (\u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“a wonderfully fierce and funny book . . . imagine Hunter S. Thompson on hockey skates” (\u003ci\u003eVancouver Sun\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anvil Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154158829808,"sku":"9781897535172","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781897535172_p0.jpg?v=1763610976","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781897535172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}