Mégantic
A Deadly Mix of Oil, Rail, and Avarice
$40.35
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
10 January 2021
Summary
Lac-Mégantic, Québec, Canada – July 6, 2013. On a hot summer night, a driverless, out-of-control train descends the slope that leads to the scenic town below and explodes, pulverizing the downtown area and killing forty-seven unsuspecting victims. The devastation, which leaves the people of Lac-Mégantic dazed and in mourning, is quickly the object of a tortuous cover-up. Who are the tragedy’s real culprits? In this fascinating piece of investigative journalism, which unfolds like a thriller, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781772012590 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1772012599 |
| Author: | Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny, W. Donald Wilson |
| Publisher: | Talon Books,Canada |
| Imprint: | Talon Books,Canada |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 139mm x 215mm |
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Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny
Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny is a Canadian writer and political activist from Quebec. She is most noted for her 2018 book Mégantic: Une tragédie annoncée, an examination of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of 2013, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General’s Award for French-language non-fiction at the 2018 Governor General’s Awards. She previously published the Zan series of children’s books, as well as the novel La jouissance du loup à l’instant de mordre. She was a Green Party of Canada candidate in Hochelaga in the 2015 federal election.
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