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 · One such act of literary larceny is at the heart of The Antagonist, Lynn Coady’s fourth www.doorway.ru: Barb Carey.  · The jock, Rank, was only one of the many characters in Lynn Coady’s The Antagonist who I recognized so completely, who made me think, “I know these people.”. Like Rank, I was also “born in a small town”, and so I recognized his father also, a guy called Gord who starts every sentence with, “That little fucker ”/5.  · Lynn Coady. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, - Fiction - pages. 13 Reviews. A piercing epistolary novel, The Antagonist explores, with wit /5(13).

With The Antagonist, Lynn Coady demonstrates all of the gifts that have made her one of Canada's most respected young writers. Here she gives us an astonishing story of sons and fathers and mothers, of the rewards and betrayals of male friendship, and a large-spirited, hilarious, and exhilarating portrait of a man tearing his life apart in. A misunderstood giant who confronts his past is the subject of Lynn Coady's Giller Prize shortlisted novel The Antagonist. The giant is Gordon "Rank" Rankin, adopted at birth by Sylvie and Gordon Senior, a well-meaning but mismatched couple — "The dad was a prick, the mom was a goddess" — who raise him in small town Canada. Lynn Coady (born Janu) is a Canadian novelist and journalist Life and career. Coady was born and grew up in Port Hawkesbury, Coady's novel The Antagonist concerns the life of Gordon Rankin, Coady's fictional character known more commonly in the novel as Rank. The character reflects how being cast as a hockey goon and tough.

Lynn Coady. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, - Fiction - pages. 13 Reviews. A piercing epistolary novel, The Antagonist explores, with wit and compassion, how the impressions of. The Antagonist, by Lynn Coady. GILES BLUNT. Special to The Globe and Mail. Published September 9, This article was published more than 10 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. With The Antagonist, Lynn Coady demonstrates all of the gifts that have made her one of Canada's most respected young writers. Here she gives us an astonishing story of sons and fathers and mothers, of the rewards and betrayals of male friendship, and a large-spirited, hilarious, and exhilarating portrait of a man tearing his life apart in order to put himself back together.