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Searching for Terry Punchout : a novel / Tyler Hellard.

By: Publication details: Halifax : Invisible Publishing, 2018.Description: 187 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781988784106 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
Summary: Adam Macallister's sportswriting career is about to end before it begins, but he's got one last shot--a Sports Illustrated profile about hockey's most notorious goon, the reclusive Terry Punchout--who also happens to be Adam's estranged father. Adam returns to Pennington, Nova Scotia, where Terry now lives in the local rink and drives the Zamboni. Going home means drinking with old friends, revisiting neglected relationships, and dealing with lingering feelings about his father and dead mother--and discovering that his friends and family are kinder and more complicated than he ever gave them credit for.
List(s) this item appears in: Canada Reads 2026
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves Fiction FIC HELL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001175752

Shortlisted for the 2026 Canada Reads Award.

Adam Macallister's sportswriting career is about to end before it begins, but he's got one last shot--a Sports Illustrated profile about hockey's most notorious goon, the reclusive Terry Punchout--who also happens to be Adam's estranged father. Adam returns to Pennington, Nova Scotia, where Terry now lives in the local rink and drives the Zamboni. Going home means drinking with old friends, revisiting neglected relationships, and dealing with lingering feelings about his father and dead mother--and discovering that his friends and family are kinder and more complicated than he ever gave them credit for.

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