Winner · Governor General's Literary Awards 2005
A Perfect Night to Go to China
by David Gilmour
2005 novel by David Gilmour
A Perfect Night to go to China focuses on a man named Roman who has a six year old son. One evening Roman decides to go out for just 15 minutes. However when he returns he finds an empty house and learns that his son has vanished. This story then takes us into Romans life and his struggle to cope with the loss of his son as his whole world continues to fall apart in front of his eyes.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Genre
- high literature
- Pages
- 179
- ISBN
- 9780887622519
- Subjects
- Fiction, Missing children, Fiction, suspense, Missing persons, fiction
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