White Lung

by Grant Buday

Finalist, City of Vancouver Book Prize A blackly comic new novel from Vancouver author Grant Buday, based on his eight glorious years working in a mass production bakery. Dickensian in magnitude, White Lung is a sardonic portrait of B.C.’s racial conflicts and chaotic economy.

Genres: Fiction

294 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you like lonely, moderately inept, and borderline sociopathic characters then go ahead and read this book. I picked it up when I noticed it was set in Vancouver, and it kept me reading til the end, although I often found it hard to empathize with the characters and their behaviour was sometimes disturbing.
There were a few glaring grammatical errors scattered throughout the book, which just seemed unprofessional — like I was reading someone's blog.