Proof copy. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 392. Glossy card covers. Published as Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain in Canada and the US.
Winner of the 2000 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel (Canada and Caribbean region). Shortlisted for the 1999 QSpell Award for Best First Book. Jeremy Davenant is convinced that the blueprint of his future already exists – on a page torn from an encyclopaedia given to him by his uncle. A quirky romantic comedy about a charming Yorkshireman who teaches Shakespeare with forged credentials at a Montreal university. "A book full of quirks and quick-turns, wit and erudition. Entertaining and exhausting, it's reminiscent of the early John Irving." –Ian Sansom, The Guardian