Where in Canada: The Night Drummer by Paul Nicholas Mason
From Miskoka to the Kawarthas, Canadians for generations have enjoyed their time spent in “cottage country.” The Night Drummer hearkens back to a time and place familiar to readers, one that hold a fond place in their hearts.
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What: The Night Drummer (Now or Never, 2015)Who: Paul Nicholas Mason is a prize-winning playwright, and the author of the novels Battered Soles (2005) and The Red Dress (2008). He has lived in the UK, Zimbabwe, Vancouver, Toronto, and Kingston, and raised his four children in Peterborough, Ontario where he currently resides. His previous work has been nominated for the Stephen Leacock and ReLit awards.Where in Canada:Set in small town Peterborough, Ontario in the 1970s, The Night Drummer is the story of white, middle-class Peter Ellis and Otis James, a First Nations boy adopted by an older, evangelical Christian couple.Following Peter and Otis through their high school years, the narrative provides its audience with a perspective on the challenges both boys encounter and overcome regarding their identities and the preconceptions and prejudices of those around them with special emphasis on their growth and passage from childhood to adulthood in an environment charged with dueling attitudes of acceptance and love, hatred and bigotry.Many Canadians have a connection to the area described in this book. From Miskoka to the Kawarthas, Canadians for generations have enjoyed their time spent in “cottage country.” The Night Drummer hearkens back to a time and place familiar to readers, one that hold a fond place in their hearts.
