Like Rum-drunk Angels A Novel
Like Rum-drunk Angels by Tyler Enfield is a novel published by Goose Lane Editions in 2020, featuring 438 pages in English. The story follows Francis Blackstone, a fourteen-year-old gunslinger with aspirations of winning the heart of the governor’s daughter. To achieve his goals, he embarks on a daring adventure to rob a Manhattan Company bank, guided by the unpredictable outlaw Bob Temple. Together, they form the Blackstone Temple Gang, navigating the challenges of treasure hunting and the complexities of young love against the backdrop of the American West.
Readers will find a blend of action and adventure as Francis and Bob’s escapades lead them across the western landscape, encountering rival gangs and unexpected fame as gentleman bandits. The narrative explores themes of coming of age and redemption, infused with elements of magical realism. This unique retelling of Aladdin set in a western context offers a fresh perspective on boyhood enthusiasm and the quest for identity, making it a distinctive addition to the literary genre.
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Winner, Spur Award for Best Western Traditional Novel
Winner, Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize
Longlisted, Leacock Medal for Humour
Francis Blackstone is a fourteen-year-old gunslinger with a heart of gold.
He’s fallen for the governor’s daughter and resolves to make his mark, and his fortune, to win her favour. And what better way than to rob a Manhattan Company bank? Enter Bob Temple, the volatile outlaw who takes Francis under his wing– though not without a degree of suspicion– and so begins the adventures of the Blackstone Temple Gang as they crisscross the west in search of treasure, redemption, and the possibility of requited love.
After an encounter with a rival gang, Francis and Bob Temple are chased over the Sierras to California, where they enjoy unexpected fame as gentleman bandits. But their newfound celebrity brings hardships as well, and when their final job takes a startling turn, Francis is forced to discover what it means to make peace with a world that stands against him.
At once a tribute to boyhood enthusiasm and the heroes of classical quests, Like Rum-Drunk Angelsis an offbeat, slightly magical, entirely original retelling of Aladdin as an American western.
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