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Road to the Stilt House

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Road to the Stilt House
AuthorDavid Adams Richards
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherOberon Press
Publication date
1985
Publication placeCanada
Media typeHardback, Paperback
Preceded byLives of Short Duration 
Followed byNights Below Station Street 

Road to the Stilt House is a novel by David Adams Richards, published in 1985.[1] The novel centres on Arnold, a teenage boy living in poverty in the Miramichi Valley of New Brunswick, the setting of most of Richards' novels.[2]

The novel was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1985 Governor General's Awards.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Desolation row". The Globe and Mail, July 13, 1985.
  2. ^ "Roads that go nowhere". Kingston Whig-Standard, August 17, 1985.
  3. ^ "Book awards finalists named". Ottawa Citizen, May 13, 1986.