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The December Man (l’homme de décembre)
by Colleen Murphy
In the aftermath of the 1989
Montreal Massacre, Benoît and Kathleen do everything they can to help
their beloved son cope with his guilt and rage… but Jean’s young
life becomes unglued. Using humour and the humdrum of everyday life,
Murphy intuitively moves backwards in time to the fateful day when Jean,
the only ray of hope in this working-class family, escaped the massacre…
or thought he did. This searing drama on courage, heroism and despair
explores the long private shadow that public violence casts.
“…a stroke of genius on
Murphy’s part to tell the story backwards, a device Harold Pinter
used for similar compelling effect in his 1978 drama Betrayal.
Not only is the drama in The December Man heightened because
of this theatrical device, but the comic moments have a bitter sting
to them.” —Calgary Sun
“…a chilling must-see.
It isn’t too often that the gurgling sound of a coffee maker percolating
brings tears.”
—Fast
Forward, Calgary
“The December Man
is a time out from a pop cultural world so drenched in violence that
it’s almost become commonplace to pour a drink, flip on the news and
watch bedlam unfold in various time zones around the world, all woven
into a nice, tidy narrative by an attractive, trustworthy correspondent.
Murphy is the correspondent for the fallen.”
—Calgary
Herald
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