A Voluntary Crucifixion

by David MacKinnon

Overview

A Voluntary Crucifixion traces the story of 20th century Canada through the MacKinnon clan and David J MacKinnon?s life. Disillusioned with the slow death of the soul promised by life at a major Montreal law firm, MacKinnon ripped himself untimely from the profession, making a personal vow to discover society "from the bottom up". A Voluntary Crucifixion recounts the tale of MacKinnon?s adventures and misadventures from post-Tiananmen Hong Kong to various ports of call in the Indian Ocean, offering MacKinnon?s views on everything from censorship to indigenous issues, all of which reflect his life ethos that the key to life is to refuse to adapt, and to fight tooth-and-nail for every square inch of your freedom before others wrench it from you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781771832724
Publisher:	Guernica Editions, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/01/2019
Series:	Essential Prose Series , #153
Edition description:	First edition
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

The author is a Sorbonne graduate in history cum laude, a member of two law societies, and has translated for the international criminal tribunals of Rwanda, the Hague and Yugoslavia. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Legal Translators. David J. MacKinnon is co-founder and Director of the Long March to Rome, an indigenous-led mission seeking repeal of the Papal Bulls of Discovery. In earlier days, he worked as oil field roughneck, toilet factory worker, longshoreman and morgue attendant. MacKinnon has walked the ancient Santiago de Compostela pilgrim's trail and to Chartres several times. He has published two earlier novels with Guernica, Leper Tango and The Eel and a critically-acclaimed translation of radio interviews of the French vagabond poet Blaise Cendrars in Blaise Cendrars Speaks.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xv

In Limine 1

Reykavik 3

Past Tense

Huis Bergh 11

Volvos 15

Second Person Singular

Blue 21

Klan And Country

1973 Pontiac Grand Prix-400-Four-Barrel, Mags, A Gas-Eater 45

Leviticus 54

Slovenian Bear 57

Hollywood Hospital 61

Elephant Man 65

Free City of Danzig 72

Rattlesnake Island 76

Klan vs MacKinnon 80

Braveheart 83

Je Est L'Autre

Kituro Volcano 91

Wounded Knees 96

The Art of Righteous Anger 110

Ramadan '76 113

Sorbonne 122

Otto Dix 126

Nothing But Straw 138

Nemesis 142

154 Hi-Mount 146

Wreck Beach 150

The Last Word 155

"I'm Back" 157

The End of Charlie Maggot 163

Steinway Piano 168

La Haine 173

Revenge of the Cradle 179

Pure Laine 183

Only Dogs Should Paint Dogs 188

Feeding The Crocodile 191

Carrière 195

Patient X 200

Bilodeau 204

Miso Soup 208

Calando 212

Paris Nocturne 216

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Bond 225

Wanchai 230

Crime & Punishment

Death of the Penis 235

Hasta Luego, Maqroll 248

Auto-Da-Fe

A Plague of Locusts 263

Raw Bench Press 266

Mananjary 271

Hotel la Vanille 275

Mau-mauing in Montreal 282

Fred The Red 291

Après nous le déluge 298

MacKinnon's Cave 303

O Cebreiro 307

Electric Kool-Aid Aboriginal Acid Test 311

The Biggest Land Grab Ever 316

The Papal Envoy 322

The Moccasin Telegraph 329

The Seven Hills of Rome 333

A great gig if you can get into it 344

Enio 351

Closing The Deal 353

The Sweat Lodge 358

The Blueprint for Discovery 363

Ancient History 367

Sublimus Deus 379

The Hector 386

About the Author 393

Editorial Reviews

"...staggering, destructive, illuminating and exhilarating. A Voluntary Crucifixion is worth finding, buying, reading and savouring. MacKinnon is an underappreciated gem who, in a perfect world, would be a household name, and for more than one reason. Make him one in yours." — Joe Hartlaub, Senior Reviewer, New York's Book Reporter.

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