Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Description

Bergeron and Armstrong are two of the cops poking around Sharon MacDonald's place. They want to know whether the Arab-looking dead guy jumped, or if he was pushed. When it turns out he's got no ID, no one knows him, and a couple of the 9/11 terrorists once lived in the building, they dig deeper, trying to make connections all over the new Toronto, in the Asian massage parlours, the street-dealer-led housing projects, and the mafia-run private clubs.

John McFetridge is the author of Below the Line and Dirty Sweet. He attended his first murder trial at the age of 12, with his police officer brother. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

"McFetridge combines a tough and gritty story populated by engagingly seedy characters . . . with an effective use of a setting, Toronto." --"Booklist" "McFetridge navigates a breathless plot punctuated by slick, staccato dialogue . . . . A breakout effort for McFetridge and a rude awakening for the rest of us. Toto, we're not in your momma's Toronto anymore." --"Winnipeg Free Press" "[McFetridge] has a gift for dialogue and setting . . . is an author to watch. He has a great eye for detail, and Toronto has never looked seedier." "--Globe and Mail" "Rapaciously ambitious, swaggeringly assured, brash beneath its cultured veneer, ripe with opportunity and tottering on the brink of anarchy." --Declan Burke, author, "Eight-ball Boogie" "YMcFetridge has a gift for dialogue and setting . . . Yand is an author to watch. He has a great eye for detail, and Toronto has never looked seedier." "--Globe and Mail"