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Down to the Dirt

by Joel Thomas Hynes · 2004 · Killick Press

Cover of Down to the Dirt by Joel Thomas Hynes (2004)

Follows the misadventures of Newfoundland hooligan teen Keith Kavanagh in a series of basements, bars, and alleys, where he acts out his self-hatred through increasingly violent drug experimentation, sexual escapades, and acts of vandalism. Original. A first novel. source

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  • Set atCalvert

    Google Books surfaces in-text Southern Shore place names (Fermeuse, Ferryland) that locate the fictional 'Cove' at/near Calvert.

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  1. 1.Blurb source — books.google.com/books/about/Down_to_the_Dirt.html?hl=&id=6b9Urn2lZLkC
  2. 2.Place link (Calvert): Google Books, Down to the Dirt by Joel Thomas Hynes