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Ha! : a self-murder mystery

"With his wife's consent, on March 15, 1977, celebrated writer and former terrorist Hubert Aquin blew his brains out on the grounds of a Montreal convent school. Shocked by this self-murder, a filmmaker friend feels compelled to understand why Aquin killed himself - and discovers, at the heart of this tragedy, an unforgettable love story. Interweaving photographs, documents, and images with testimony from Aquin's friends and the writers and artists who influenced him, HA! takes the reader on a Dantesque journey into the underworld of creative genius."--Jacket
eBook, English, ©2003
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal [Que.], ©2003
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9780773560048, 9781282850019, 9786612850011, 9780773577664, 0773560041, 1282850016, 6612850019, 0773577661
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Dedication
The Setting
PRELUDE
1 VILLA MARIA MARCH 15 1977
2 THE NEWS
3 THE INVESTIGATION: GENESIS
4 PRELIMINARY INQUIRIES
5 THE INVESTIGATION: FIRST PHASE
6 NEIGE NOIRE (“BLACK SNOW�)
7 CARLETON UNIVERSITY
8 LA PRESSE
9 LA PRESSE: PERSPECTIVES
10 LE JOUR
11 HUBERT AQUIN AND QUÃ?BEC
On The Death of Hubert Aquin
12 HUBERT AQUIN AND CANADA
13 HUBERT AQUIN AND THE WORLD
14 SUICIDAL CLUES
15 A GREAT FATIGUE
16 FAREWELL VISITS
17 99 CENTS AND THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE 18 the trip to home19 the return to montreal
20 sacrilege
21 last contacts
22 at the door of death
23 obomre/shadowcast
24 monday march 14 1977
25 farewell letters
26 the last night
27 the first marriage
28 tuesday morning march 15 1977
29 mother
30 death watch
31 a wake
32 postmortem inquiry 1: epilepsy
33 wednesday march 16 1977
34 postmortem inquiry 2: the story of mm
35 cremation
36 mmãœs story
37 requiem mass
38 ay and the truth about mm
39 ashes
40 quicksand 41 THE BEYONDCODA/WRAP UP
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