{"product_id":"some-great-thing-lawrence-hill","title":"Some Great Thing - Lawrence Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMahatma Grafton is a disillusioned university graduate burdened with a famous name, and suffering from the curse of his generation -- a total lack of interest in the state of the world. The son of a retired railway porter from Winnipeg, he returns home for a job as a reporter with The Winnipeg Herald . Soon Mahatma is scoping local stories of murder and mayhem, breaking a promise to himself to avoid writing victim stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Mahatma is unexpectedly drawn into the inflammatory issue of French-language rights in Manitoba, with all its racial side-channels, he is surprised to find that he has a social conscience. Combating his boss’s flair for weaving hysteria into his stories, Mahatma learns that to stay afloat he must remain true to himself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePopulated with colourful characters -- including an unlikely welfare crusader, a burned-out fellow reporter, a French-language-rights activist, and a visiting journalist from Cameroon -- Some Great Thing is a fascinating portrait of a major urban newspaper and a deeply perceptive story of one man’s coming of age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsed Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"pagesFormat\"\u003e328 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003eFirst published January 16, 1992\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42274475212894,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/sgt.jpg?v=1765599576","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/some-great-thing-lawrence-hill","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}