About the Book
Vancouver-based, international real estate broker Garland Landseer’s life is perfect—a collection of classic European sports cars, grand cru wines, and personal real estate in Palm Springs, Paris, and Hawaii—until his wife discovers his long-term affair and leaves him, taking their three grown daughters, who are equally outraged at their father’s affair, with her. Simultaneously, the pre-sale of a multi-billion-dollar uber-luxury real estate development, The Mercedes-Benz Long Houses at Xwáýxway, along Stanley Park’s seawall, is shut down by a highly organized group of protestors, causing Mercedes-Benz to pull out of the deal. The story is told by Garland—brilliant, charismatic, and cynical in equal measure—who believes he can manage any project he touches including personal relationships. As the losses pile up Garland turns his skills to importing and distributing fentanyl in an effort to keep his brokerage afloat. His wife is demanding a divorce, his mostly AWOL business partner is focused on his “legacy project”, the money laundering criminals he sold real estate to want their money back, his daughters want nothing to do with him, his mistress won’t leave him alone, he’s increasingly dependent on alcohol and various designer drugs, his client has abandoned him to the wolves, and, when it can’t get any worse, it does.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Literary Fiction
- Additional Categories Literature & Fiction, Action / Adventure
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Project Option: 5×8 in, 13×20 cm
# of Pages: 290 -
Isbn
- Softcover: 9798211299900
- Publish Date: Apr 27, 2023
- Language English
- Keywords real estate, the vancouver model, vancouver
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About the Creator
W. Bruce MacDonald
Surrey, BC, Canada
W. Bruce MacDonald is a writer and historian. He received his BA in English Literature from UVIC and his MA in Fine Arts/Creative Writing from UBC. He worked as a creative director in advertising for more than two decades. In 2011, Caitlin Press published The Good Hope Cannery; in 2013, Salmonbellies vs. The World; and in 2026, Rags to Riches: The Story of the Nelson Brothers Fisheries. MacDonald has written many individual, family, and corporate history books and has published poetry in Canadian periodicals. In 2018, Guernica Editions published The Massacre Confirmed Our Worst Suspicions. He has published six novels and two books of short stories.