Death of Rene Levesque

In taking on ìThe Matter of QuÈbec,î David Fennario provides audiences and readers with an abiding critique of the notion that history is created around ìgreat causesî by ìgreat men.î Given the recent reversal of fortune delivered to the tempestuous sound and fury of the Quebec separatist movement, The Death of RenÈ LÈvesque is, in retrospect not just an astonishingly profound and prophetic political document.AKShowcasing the surprising theatrical range and virtuosity of the author of Canadaís first bilingual, though definitely not bicultural, working-class hit, Balconville, The Death of RenÈ LÈvesque dramatizes the rise and fall of Canada's most tragic public figure of the 20th century. Fennario's deft and subtle characterization of the father of the Parti QuÈbecois, his re-telling of the compromising political realities which formed both the movement and the party as LÈvesque created it, and the gradual revelation of the fatal flaw which began to undermine both the man and his dream of a new republic, proceed here with a stately, devastating inevitability which recall the masterful tragedies of Euripides and Shakespeare. AKThe Death of RenÈ LÈvesque presents its audience with the powerful and cathartic stillbirth of a nation, stripped of both pity and fear, as only an Anglophone QuÈbec separatist could possibly imagine it.AKAKDavid Fennarioís Balconville, Banana Boots, Doctor Thomas Neil Cream, Joe Beef, Nothing to Lose, and On the Job are also available from Talonbooks.Fennario, David is the author of 'Death of Rene Levesque' with ISBN 9780889224803 and ISBN 0889224803.