Son of a Trickster

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Son of a Trickster is a 2017 coming of age novel[1] by Eden Robinson. In it, a teenage boy wades through the complications of a broken family, social pressure, drugs, alcohol and poverty[2] and discovers the Haisla trickster Wee'jit.[3] The story is set in Kitimat, British Columbia.

It is the first in a Trickster trilogy written by Robinson and took eight years to write.[4] In 2018, Robinson released the second book in the trilogy, Trickster Drift.[5] The third novel, to be titled Return of the Trickster, is slated for publication in 2021.[6]

Filmmaker Michelle Latimer and secured rights to adapt the book into a TV series,[7] which premiered on CBC Television as Trickster in 2020.[8]

The novel was selected for the 2020 edition of Canada Reads, in which it was defended by actress Kaniehtiio Horn.[9]

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References[]

  1. ^ Wiersema, Robert J. (7 February 2017). "'As slippery as a trickster tale should be': Eden Robinson's Son of a Trickster begins a promising, humourously [sic] dark trilogy". National Post. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. ^ Rose, Hilary A. (30 April 2008). "Book Review Son of a Trickster". Journal of Family Theory & Review. 10 (2): 494–500. doi:10.1111/jftr.12270.
  3. ^ "A lighter tone in Eden Robinson's new novel parallels a positive uptick in the author's life | Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  4. ^ Warren, Jennifer (7 November 2017). "Why it took Eden Robinson eight years to write Son of a Trickster". CBC. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. ^ Lederman, Marsha (2 October 2018). "The indomitable Eden Robinson discusses writing her new Trickster sequel amid struggle and loss". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  6. ^ Winston Szeto, "B.C. author Eden Robinson having a productive year despite pandemic disruptions". CBC News British Columbia, September 20, 2020.
  7. ^ Barrera, Jorge (7 April 2018). "Indigenous filmmaking team to make screen adaptation of Eden Robinson's Son of a Trickster". CBC. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Adaptation of Eden Robinson's Trickster series coming to CBC-TV". CBC Books, May 29, 2019.
  9. ^ "Meet the Canada Reads 2020 contenders". CBC Books, January 22, 2020.


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