The Englishman's Boy

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The Englishman's Boy
cloth edition
Trade Paperback Edition
Author Guy Vanderhaeghe
Country Canada
Language English
Subject(s) Language Arts
Genre(s) historical fiction
Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.
Publication date 1996
Media type Cloth Edition and Paperback
Pages 333
ISBN ISBN 0-7710-8693-8 (bound)

The Englishman's Boy is a novel by Guy Vanderhaeghe, published in 1996 by McClelland and Stewart. It won the Governor General's Award for English language fiction in 1996, and was a nominee for the Giller Prize. It deals with the events of the Cypress Hills Massacre and is set in nineteenth century Montana and Saskatchewan.

On March 2nd, 2008, The Englishman's Boy premiered as a made for TV movie on CBC.

Preceded by
Greg Hollingshead, The Roaring Girl
Governor General's Award for English language fiction recipient
1996
Succeeded by
Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter