The Peanut Factory

Young David Wildwood finds himself in Toronto unemployed and out of luck. He hitches a ride with a couple of ageing socialist intellectuals and ends up on the west coast where his luck begins to turn.

This gritty and unique coming of age story arcs through the Dickensian world of new age labourers engaged in converting Vancouver’s skid row into what will emerge as trendy Gastown.

The author skillfully weaves a tale that captures the passions and politics of the late 1960's while simultaneous...