Pye-Dogs

Tammy's Armstrong's first collection of poetry was short-listed for the Governor General's Award. This is her second novel. The story takes place on an island off the Pacific coast, where a wildcat strike has been called at the local mill. A caravan of buses, filled with counter-cultural environmentalists and marijuana advocates moves in. Tensions rise and the toll of drink, drugs, injuries and death mounts as the islanders and the newcomers struggle to reach some sort of mutual understanding.