CBC Books | CBC | Posted: March 7, 2017 5:58 PM | Last Updated: March 17, 2017
Marie Hélène Poitras, translated by Sheila Fischman
Image | BOOK COVER: Griffintown by Marie Hélène Poitras
Loaded with grit, heart, murder and desire, Griffintown harnesses the style of a Spaghetti Western to tell the exhilarating story of the coachmen of Old Montreal, the city's urban cowboys. (From Cormorant Books)
Author interviews
Media Audio | All in a Weekend Montreal : Griffintown: A western-style calèche story
Caption: As the horse-drawn carriage season kicks off, we take a look inside the world of the calèche drivers in Old Montreal. A new novel re-creates that world in the style of an old Western. It's called Griffintown. We spoke with the author Marie Hélène Poitr