Back To ListOf VengeanceByJ.D. KurtnessTranslated byPablo StraussPublished September 2019Paperback$ 17.99Paperback$ 17.99ePub$ 9.99 Add to CartShop LocalDescription“Let's be honest: Who hasn't fantasized about shooting someone in the face with a hunting rifle?”One day, a thirteen-year-old girl decides to startle a classmate. Instead, she accidentally kills him.And she likes it.Over the years, she begins experimenting with murder. Her victims are, of course, people that deserve it: a careless driver, a CEO of an energy corporation that is destroying the planet, a rapist. Every crime scene is flawless — untraceable and made to look like an accident or suicide. But, as she sleepwalks through her day job and lives in a crummy apartment, one thing becomes increasingly clear: she needs more.Because nothing compares to the thrill of violent retribution.Of Related InterestThe Fiddler Is a Good WomanGeoff BernerThe ShowrunnerKim MoritsuguAquariumsJ.D. KurtnessReviews Kurtness writes smoothly … Readers into passive-aggressive fantasies will best appreciate this one. Publishers WeeklyA chilling justification of a life of violence, as nonchalant as it is grim.Kirkus ReviewsIn deceptively simple prose, Kurtness mounts a poignant and timely argument about the danger of running headlong into the hands of technologies we don’t fully understand....The true horror in Of Vengeance lies in Kurtness’s ability to sway you to the protagonist’s side; more than once, I caught myself wholeheartedly agreeing with her worldview. Part of the reason she’s so relatable is that she’s not just a villain, she’s a victim as well.Montreal Review of BooksThis chiseled writing, this extraordinary character and this particular humour may seduce the most difficult readerLe DevoirA softly creepy look into a sociopath starting with her thoughts as a 12-year-old. Narrated in a non-linear fashion, she starts with an incident from her past and her philosophy of who deserves to be punished. She’s out for revenge on wrongdoers who bully or disrupt the environment. She grew up with loving parents and a nice home but this is how she is wired. I’m not sure how I feel about the ending but I can see how she evolved to commit that last act.Audrey Huang, Belmont BooksPreviousNextContributorsJ.D. KurtnessJ.D. Kurtness left her native North to study microbes in Montreal, but eventually branched out into writing. She won an Indigenous Voices Award for her first novel, De vengeance (Of Vengeance).View Author Page Pablo StraussPablo Strauss has translated many works of Quebec fiction into English. He grew up in Victoria, B.C., and has lived in Quebec City for fifteen years.View Author Page Book DetailsPaperbackSeptember 20195x7 in160 pp9781459743755ePubSeptember 2019-152 pp9781459743762ePubSeptember 2019-152 pp9781459743779