Son of a Trickster

Son of a Trickster is a 2017 coming of age novel[1] by Eden Robinson. In it, a teenage boy wades through the complications of a broken family, social pressure, drugs, alcohol and poverty[2] and discovers the Haisla trickster Wee'jit.[3] The story is set in Kitimat, British Columbia.

It is the first in a Trickster trilogy written by Robinson and took eight years to write.[4] In 2018, Robinson released the second book in the trilogy, Trickster Drift. [5] The third novel, to be titled Return of the Trickster, is slated for publication in 2021.[6]

Filmmaker Michelle Latimer and Streel Films secured rights to adapt the book into a TV series,[7] which premiered on CBC Television as Trickster in 2020.[8]

The novel was selected for the 2020 edition of Canada Reads, in which it was defended by actress Kaniehtiio Horn.[9]

Awards and nominations

References
  1. Wiersema, Robert J. (7 February 2017). "'As slippery as a trickster tale should be': Eden Robinson's Son of a Trickster begins a promising, humourously dark trilogy". National Post. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. Rose, Hilary A. (30 April 2008). "Book Review Son of a Trickster". Journal of Family Theory & Review. 10 (2): 494–500. doi:10.1111/jftr.12270.
  3. "A lighter tone in Eden Robinson's new novel parallels a positive uptick in the author's life | Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  4. Warren, Jennifer (7 November 2017). "Why it took Eden Robinson eight years to write Son of a Trickster". CBC. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. Lederman, Marsha (2 October 2018). "The indomitable Eden Robinson discusses writing her new Trickster sequel amid struggle and loss". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  6. Winston Szeto, "B.C. author Eden Robinson having a productive year despite pandemic disruptions". CBC News British Columbia, September 20, 2020.
  7. Barrera, Jorge (7 April 2018). "Indigenous filmmaking team to make screen adaptation of Eden Robinson's Son of a Trickster". CBC. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  8. "Adaptation of Eden Robinson's Trickster series coming to CBC-TV". CBC Books, May 29, 2019.
  9. "Meet the Canada Reads 2020 contenders". CBC Books, January 22, 2020.


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