Winner of the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer (Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards).Todd Bruce ­mythologizes the life of Jiggers, an ­alcoholic anti-hero who ­performs his daily rituals with only barstools for pews, a skid row bar as his ­cathedral, and Mary, his lover, as his only witness.”A poet of significant potential.”–Books in Canada”Bruce has woven in an integrity that is above and beyond mere digression and randomness.” –Prairie Fire