Burridge Unbound

Burridge Unbound

Alan Cumyn • McClelland & Stewart

ISBN-10: 1765240611 · ISBN-13: 978‑0771024887 · 2002

Live offer for this book: 10 live copies of this book from $9.04 (as of 2026-09-05).

Dimensions: 8.3 in × 5.4 in × 0.8 in; 11.4 Oz

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Cover quality: good

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After surviving a terrifying ordeal at the hands of terrorists in the South Pacific island of Santa Irene, Bill Burridge returns home to Ottawa and casts himself single-mindedly into building a human-rights organization to stand watch over the world’s most troubled areas. Yet, plagued by memories of his incarceration and by the strain of his disintegrating marriage, he is a man struggling to hold his life together. When a democratic revolution stands Santa Irene on a knife-edge between chaos and healing, Burridge reluctantly agrees to serve on a Truth Commission there to investigate past atrocities. Taut, intelligent, and written in the compelling, often sardonic voice of Bill Burridge, Cumyn’s gripping novel immerses us in a shadowy world of betrayals and shifting loyalties, and reveals the intricate, rejuvenating bonds of human relationships. Bill Burridge’s voice is infectious, his story a remarkable one as the novel builds to its climactic final scenes.

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