A bawdy, backwoods, Victorian picaresque following the misadventures of a runaway groom, and the wicked punishments exacted by the bride who runs him aground.
Another Manitoulin Island story from the author of Quickening. Terry Griggs' stories have appeared in numerous Canadian journals, they have also been anthologized in The New Press Anthology, No. 1, The Macmillan Anthology 3, and the Journey Prize Anthology, No. 2
The Lusty Man" is a novel experience indeed. It is rather like watching the frozen activity of a Hieronymus Bosch painting or seeing a Breugel explode into manic life.