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1 online resource |
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data file rda |
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Novel |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"The Sleeping Car Porter brings to life an important part of Black history in North America, from the perspective of a gay man living in a culture that renders him invisible in two ways. Affecting, imaginative, and visceral enough that you'll feel the rocking of the train, The Sleeping Car Porter is a stunning accomplishment. Baxter's name isn't George. But it's 1929, and Baxter is lucky enough, as a Black man, to have a job as a sleeping car porter on a train that crisscrosses the country. So when the passengers call him George, he has to just smile and nod and act invisible. What he really wants is to go to dentistry school, but he'll have to save up a lot of nickel and dime tips to get there, so he puts up with "George." On this particular trip out west, the passengers are more unruly than usual, especially when the train is stalled for two extra days; their secrets start to leak out and blur with the sleep-deprivation hallucinations Baxter is having. When he finds a naughty postcard of two gay men, Baxter's memories and longings are reawakened; keeping it puts his job in peril, but he can't part with the postcard or his thoughts of Edwin Drew, Porter Instructor."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Before -- Day One (Montreal to Sudbury) -- Day Two (Sudbury to Winnipeg) -- Day Three (Winnipeg to Calgary) -- Day Four (Calgary to Banff). |
| Awards |
Winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2022 |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 06, 2022). |
| Subject |
Black people -- North America -- Fiction.
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Gays -- North America -- Fiction.
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Racism -- Fiction.
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African American men -- Fiction.
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Gay men -- Fiction.
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Porters -- Fiction.
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Sleep deprivation -- Fiction.
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Tipping -- Fiction.
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Dentistry -- Fiction.
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Rail passengers -- Fiction.
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African American men. (OCoLC)fst00799236
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Black people. (OCoLC)fst00833880
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Dentistry. (OCoLC)fst00890633
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Gay men. (OCoLC)fst00939117
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Gays. (OCoLC)fst00939255
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Porters. (OCoLC)fst01072068
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Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
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Rail passengers. (OCoLC)fst02025519
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Sleep deprivation. (OCoLC)fst01120839
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Tipping. (OCoLC)fst01151423
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North America. (OCoLC)fst01242475
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
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Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Historical fiction.
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Novels.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mayr, Suzette. Sleeping car porter. Toronto : Coach House Books, 2022 1552454452 9781552454459 (OCoLC)1302576764 |
| ISBN |
9781770567276 electronic book |
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1770567275 electronic book |
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9781770567269 electronic book |
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1770567267 electronic book |
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