Son of a Trickster is a 2017 coming of age novel by Indigenous Canadian author Eden Robinson. The first novel in The Trickster trilogy, it follows a 16-year-old Jared, who wades through the complications of a broken family, social pressure, drugs, alcohol, and poverty. It interweaves with Indigenous myth from Haisla/Heitsuk oral storytelling, as he discovers the Haisla trickster, Wee'jit. The story is set in Kitimat, British Columbia. Filmmaker Michelle Latimer and secured rights to adapt the book into a TV series, which premiered on CBC Television as Trickster in 2020.
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| - Son of a Trickster is a 2017 coming of age novel by Indigenous Canadian author Eden Robinson. The first novel in The Trickster trilogy, it follows a 16-year-old Jared, who wades through the complications of a broken family, social pressure, drugs, alcohol, and poverty. It interweaves with Indigenous myth from Haisla/Heitsuk oral storytelling, as he discovers the Haisla trickster, Wee'jit. The story is set in Kitimat, British Columbia. Filmmaker Michelle Latimer and secured rights to adapt the book into a TV series, which premiered on CBC Television as Trickster in 2020. (en)
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| - Son of a Trickster is a 2017 coming of age novel by Indigenous Canadian author Eden Robinson. The first novel in The Trickster trilogy, it follows a 16-year-old Jared, who wades through the complications of a broken family, social pressure, drugs, alcohol, and poverty. It interweaves with Indigenous myth from Haisla/Heitsuk oral storytelling, as he discovers the Haisla trickster, Wee'jit. The story is set in Kitimat, British Columbia. It took Robinson eight years to write, and is followed by the 2018 novel, Trickster Drift. The third and final novel, titled Return of the Trickster, was published in 2021. Filmmaker Michelle Latimer and secured rights to adapt the book into a TV series, which premiered on CBC Television as Trickster in 2020. The novel was selected for the 2020 edition of Canada Reads, in which it was defended by actress Kaniehtiio Horn. (en)
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