ملك الإنقاذ، نعم!

A first novel by the author of _19 Knives_ and _New Orleans Sinking_. _"King of the Junk, Hey!"_ A poignant true story about the final years of a minor league hockey player. Drinkwater, a straight-talking romantic who almost made it to the NHL, is in his late thirties on a frantic journey to self-realization. With broken teeth and unbridled ambition, he struggles to come to terms with the conflicting aspirations of his youth and the reality of inheriting the family junkyard. A captivating novel. Brilliant. Noisy. Funny. Mark Jarman graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and held a fellowship at the Yaddo Artists Colony in New York. His work has been published in almost all Canadian literary magazines. His publications include: Queen's Quarterly, Prism International, Wasp Terrain, Hawaii Review, Prairie Fire, and Quarterly West (University of Utah). He is also the author of a book of memoirs, The Eye of Ireland, and short story collections, including Dancing at the Bar (Winner of the Alberta Writers Guild Award for Best Short Story), New Orleans Sinking, and 19 Knives, in addition to a collection of poetry, Killing the Swan. Jarman has also edited a book of nonfiction on alcohol entitled "An Ounce of Medicine."