Patrick and the Backhoe Nick Thran Stifled by the walls of

Stifled by the walls of Old Quebec

glitzy-covered commercial books that flood your favourite bookstore are quiet

being a collection of Other Poems

The poems are as powerful and unsettling as they are stark

Patrick and the Backhoe Nick Thran Stifled by the walls ofDescription Beautifully illustrated by BC folk hero Bus Griffiths who wrote and illustrated the popular comic book Now You're Logging, Patrick and the Backhoe is a classic story of decency and guts triumphing over arrogance and greed. Patrick lives in a little town on the side of a high mountain. Patrick's mother and father own the town bookstore, and his brother Simon is a bookworm. Patrick can't concentrate on books. The only book he likes is Mike