More Joy in Heaven
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Author | Morley Callaghan |
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Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Novel |
Publisher | Random House |
Released | 1937 |
Media Type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 278 pp (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | NA |
Preceded by | Now That April's Here and Other Stories |
Followed by | Luke Baldwin's Vow |
More Joy in Heaven is a novel written by Canadian author Morley Callaghan and published in 1937. The central figure, Kip Caley, was inspired by Norman "Red" Ryan (1895-1936), a criminal who had committed a number of robberies in Quebec, Ontario and the United States.
Callaghan's friend Ernest Hemingway had also considered writing a novel based on Ryan's life. As a reporter for The Toronto Daily Star, Hemingway had covered the criminal in 1925.
[edit] Plot introduction
Powerful and moving Story of an Ex-Criminal's struggle for regeneration.
[edit] Reference
Brian Busby, Character Parts: Who's Really Who in Canlit, Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2003. ISBN 0-676-97579-8