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 Toronto Book Awards 2009 Get a New Read on Toronto
At the heart of Barnacle Love is the relationship between a father and his son. Manuel Rebelo, has tried to escape the smallness of his Portuguese village, but embracing his adopted land is not as simple as he had hoped. Manuel's son, Antonio, is born into Toronto's little Portugal, a world of colourful houses and labyrinthine alleys. In the Rebelo home the church looms large, men and women inhabit divided space, and a family lives in the shadow cast by a father's failures. Anthony De Sa grew up in Toronto's Portuguese community. He heads the English department and directs the creative writing program at a high school for the arts. Barnacle Love is his first book and he is currently at work on a novel. He lives in Toronto with his wife and three sons.
Updated on: September 14, 2009
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