Bonk on the Head
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Bonk on the Head is a novel written by John-James Ford. Published in 2005 by Nightwood Editions, it is about coming of age in a journey that takes the protagonist through the final years of high school, a reserve regiment and the Royal Military College of Canada. The novel was the subject of reviews in the Globe and Mail and the Calgary Herald. [1]
Bonk on the Head tied with The Sundog Season by John Geddes in winning the 2006 Ottawa Book Award in the English fiction category.