Three Letters to Pine River

Harold Griffin

This fascinating novel, based on a true story, tells the story of 14 year old Francis Carroll, who overhears a violent confrontation between two farmers – Connors and Ferrigan – that ends in one of them being murdered with an ax.  The setting for the novel is a close-knit Canadian-Irish farming settlement north of Quebec City. Francis must testify in court and the whole ordeal has a tragic impact on the community, who are divided between the families of the bereaved and the accused. 

Griffin is also the author of a short story collection, Fragile Men and Boys.

Borealis Press / October 2011 / 296 pages / $19.95