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Author: Howard Norman
First Published: 2002
Type of Work: Novel
Time of Work: 1926-1927
Setting: Churchill, Manitoba; Halifax, Nova Scotia
Principal Characters: Peter Duvett, Kala Murie, Vienna Linn, Radin Heur, Stewart Bishop
Genres: Long fiction
Subjects: North America or North Americans, Wives, Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Exile or expatriates, Ghosts or apparitions, 1920’s, Adultery, Women, Canada or Canadians, Trains, Photography or photographers, Employment or employees, Isolation, Soul
Locales: Manitoba, Canada, Halifax, Canada

The Haunting of L. is the third novel of Howard Norman’s Canadian Trilogy, which began with The Bird Artist (1994) and continued with The Museum Guard (1998). In each of these novels, a young man involved in some aspect of the art world is slowly drawn out of his detachment by the love of a woman; in each case, the path of this love is difficult to navigate. The Bird Artist is narrated by Fabian Vas, a young Newfoundland man who specializes in naturalist portraits of birds. Fabian kills a man for his lover, Margaret, and must deal with the legal and moral...

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