PART ONE: SASKATCHEWAN
1. Milton of Nowhere
Milton Ontario
Janne Alatalo
Bellybutton
Birth of a Ladies’ Man
Death of a Ladies’ Man
Revenge of a Ladies’ Man
Who By Fire
2. College
PUS
The Boys
A Poet’s Heart
Artistic Sciences
The Graduate
3. Un Canadien Errant
Adieu
Clueless
The 80
Culottes
PART TWO: MONTREAL I
4. Sept-cent-sept
Toc-toc-toc
Bienvenue
Marde
Deux solitudes
Sa chambre
8-1/2
Le Mile End
Livres
La viande de cheval
Les colocs
5. Potluck
Pain aux courgettes
Oiseaux sales
Cool Ranch
La graine fusée
Chanter la pomme
6. Spectacle des œufs
Cherchez la femme
Cultivez votre pécule
Toute la nuit
Je m’excuse
Niveau trois
Provocateur en chef
Le voyou
7. S&M
S&M Construction
S&M Destruction
Dans les chiottes
Les éboueurs
Poubelles
Love Cams Inc.
Col bleu
8. Ugly Sweater Party
À la mode
Chinatown Centre
La toiture
La femme
Dommage
Onterrible
9. La Baraque
Le misérable
Les poupées
“Les seins tombent”
Tête carrée
Bonne nuit
PART THREE: MONTREAL II
10. Dirty Work
Job Hunt
Wreckoning IV
CallCo Inc.
As Seen on TV Land
Escape from Planet Montreal
Factotum
11. 15 Minutes
Kneejerk
Goosehumps
Viral
Parapluie de nouilles
No Name Brand™ Pasta Spread
Late Night With Brett Carmichael
The Big Times
The New York Times
Supernovice
12. Nine to Five
Entry-Level Data-Entry Clerk
Medi-Drug Inc.
The Hyperreal
Corporate Ladder
13. The Ghost & the King
Line One
I’m Your Man
Cautioned to Surrender
Lonesome Heroes
Worm on a Hook
Hallelujah
14. Kingpin
Three Per Cent Assumed Net Loss
The High Life
Moan for Man
Morning After the Night Before
15. The Night Pat Murphy Died
Intent to Distribute
Cancer
The Runs
PART FOUR: NEWFOUNDLAND
16. St. John’s
Ferry
Gerry
Fog City
University Entrance Exam
Grad Student Lounge
17. Grad School
The Great Auk Pub
Dirty Birds
Mutually Assured Collegiality
Thayer Hartlaub
18. The Lam
Tern, Tern, Tern
Seabird Sanctuary
Gannet Island Seabird Census Research Project
Cartwright, Labrador
Gander International
19. Little Spoon
Stranger
Narrows Lounge
Dancing Horses
Operation Sugar Shack
Sleep On It
PART FIVE: MONTREAL III
20. Return
Road Trip
Heart’s Content
Deb
Fries, Dressing, and Gravy
Homecoming
Kia Ora
21. Into this Furnace
World Premiere
Red Carpet
Mission Impossible
Break & Enter
Heart to Heart
Love is a Lie
All Sordid
22. Turkey Vultures
Bird on a Wire
The Story of Isaac
Moses
Joseph
Job
Abraham
POSTFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS