The streets would be empty and so would the shops. Sellers would be willing to bargain, even with the devil. They would take a loss and call it a day. It was Christmas Eve, after all, and who would rather haggle endlessly than go home? It was then Cheap Harry decided to venture outside, to prowl and hunt again.
Cheap Harry sets out in a blizzard to seek the perfect Christmas gift for himself. But when he boards the last train home, Cheap Harry meets a stranger with who makes an offer he can't refuse.
This volume contains the CBC Radio broadcast script and the original version of THE LAST TRAIN.
Both tales, one touching, the other chilling, are by JJ Lee, author of the Governor-General’s Literary Awards nominated memoir, THE MEASURE OF A MAN: THE STORY OF A FATHER, A SON, & A SUIT .
The streets would be empty and so would the shops. Sellers would be willing to bargain, even with the devil. They would take a loss and call it a day. It was Christmas Eve, after all, and who would rather haggle endlessly than go home? It was then Cheap Harry decided to venture outside, to prowl and hunt again.
Cheap Harry sets out in a blizzard to seek the perfect Christmas gift for himself. But when he boards the last train home, Cheap Harry meets a stranger with who makes an offer he can't refuse.
This volume contains the CBC Radio broadcast script and the original version of THE LAST TRAIN.
Both tales, one touching, the other chilling, are by JJ Lee, author of the Governor-General’s Literary Awards nominated memoir, THE MEASURE OF A MAN: THE STORY OF A FATHER, A SON, & A SUIT .