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The Adversary: A Novel

Michael Crummey
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The Adversary: A Novel

Michael Crummey
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"This novel, by revered Canadian author Michael Crummey, should be in the hands of everyone who loves great storytelling and exquisite writing. It's perfection."

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Overall rating: 4.5625 / 5 from 32 reviews.

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The Adversary is a highly acclaimed novel praised for its compelling storyline, memorable characters, and stunning language. It is celebrated as a gripping historical adventure, drawing comparisons to works like HBO’s Deadwood and Lauren Groff’s The Vaster Wild.

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  • Excellent Read: 14%
  • Memorable Characters: 35%
  • Fantastic Story: 25%

Review topics: [book, characters, story, read, crummey, language, written, storyline, author, descriptions, writing, novel].

Review highlights

  • "A brilliant novel, with stunning language and unforgetable characters and a disturbing story." — Nicholas
  • "This is a great rollicking story with fantastic characters." — Lisa
  • "I love this book and its characters." — Roger

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Not a happy book, but hard to put down

"This is typical Michael Crummey. Takes you right back in time to the era of the story. His characters are just superb. You will feel like you know them. And hate some of them! Great story line and very interesting. You will feel like you are living their lives. It was a page turner. But it was a sad story. I know it reflected the reality of the times, but it was sad. The bad people won. I truly wanted a different ending!"

— JannyT (4/5)

The Advesary

"The Advesary by Michael Crummey is brilliantly written. It keeps you on your toes with all the twists and turns with all the unforgettable characters and the sibling rivalry it is truly a book well worth reading. it will keep you on your toes Loved every chapter of this book . i would highly recommend this book it is brilliantly written"

— Ann L. (5/5)

The Adversary

"I love this book and its characters. Great story line and a sense of history of how things were done. When there’s no law."

— Roger (5/5)

Fabulous Canadian Author

"I found this story from the Newfoundland of long ago to be very engrossing. As the rivalry between the brother and sister escalates, you are pulled further into the story. Some of the peculiar language can be a challenge to get used to, but the context makes the meaning clear. A Canadian treasure."

— Karen K. (4/5)

The Adversary

"Based in Newfoundland, this piece of fiction is worthy of the awards it has received. Cummings mastery of the language is a joy to read and the plait holds your attention consistently throughout the book"

— M W. (5/5)

Loved this book

"I loved this book. It revealed the characters a bit at a time and there were many twists in the plot. It reflected The inadequacies of the time in history that it took place in and also it was written in the vernacular of that time and place. It was honest and dark at times but a plus for me. I prefer that to repetitive storylines and fluff. Really liked this book"

— JElizabethB (5/5)

The Adversary Review

"Historical fiction rife with unforgettable characters."

— DB S. (5/5)

The Adversary.

"I like historical fictions. I know when i read a good one it sends me scurrying to the internet to look up the names , places and events and in this instance old english N. L. vocabulary"

— Avid (4/5)

My Friends

"Backman's best book yet but every one of his is quite lovely, the way he describes his characters and the conversations he writes for them could not be bettered. And my extra amazement is that it is translated into English yet somehow captures what he is expressing so very well. First rate author, glad we have him to read!"

— Gran C. (5/5)

Christmas, birthday, anniversary presents solved!

"It's no wonder The Adversary won the Dublin prize. It should win many more. A brilliant novel, with stunning language and unforgetable characters and a disturbing story. Buy it. Read it. Gift it."

— Nicholas (5/5)

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  • Date de publication : Oct 01, 2024
  • Langue : anglais
  • Nombre de pages : 336
  • Éditeur : Knopf Canada
  • ISBN : 9780385685467
  • Dimensions : 5.19" W x 0.85" L x 8.0" H
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE 2025 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

Shortlisted for the 2023 BMO Winterset Award
Longlisted for the 2024 Killick Capital Fiction Award, part of the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards

One of Toronto.com’s Best Books of 2023
One of The Globe and Mail’s Best Books of 2023
One of CBC Books’ Best Fiction Books of 2023
One of Toronto Star’s Best Books of 2023
One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Fiction Books of 2024
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year

"[Crummey] has plumbed his region’s past to create some of the most stark and eloquent fiction written in this country in the current century. . . . [The Adversary] ranks among [his] finest." —The Globe and Mail

"Ingeniously constructed and wound tight as a mainspring. . . Flawlessly crafted. . . A sinuous narrative in constant, elegant motion." —The Wall Street Journal

"An all-consuming, mutually destructive sibling rivalry propels this vibrant historical novel. . . . By turns bawdy, violent, comic, and gruesome, [The Adversary] presents a bleak portrait of colonial life and a potent rendering of the ways in which the ‘vicious, hateful helplessness’ of a grudge can corrupt everything it touches." —The New Yorker

"One of North America’s finest novelists. . . . [Crummey’s] conjuring of the rawness, cruelty, and precariousness of life . . . is detailed and haunting. . . . The Adversary is beautifully written, immensely powerful, and subtly ingenious novel. Its greatest . . . revelations . . . . take your breath away. . . . When I turned the last page, I just sat there, utterly stunned by this novel’s terrible force." —The Washington Post

"The splendor [of Crummey’s novels] comes from [his] canny doling out of plot turns and character twists, and from his language—a mix of Newfoundland peculiarities, scriptural quotations, and Anglo-Saxon swearing. . . . A twisty, gloriously grim novel." —The New York Times

"Masterpiece is a glib word and one that is thrown-around all too casually, but here it seems to fit: The Adversary is a masterpiece, plain and simple. The fact that it joins previous Crummey novels . . . under that designation, is all the more impressive." —Toronto Star

"Magnificent . . . mordant, masterful. . . . Crummey weaves forgotten idioms into dialogue and action, creating a knotty, muscular, incantatory language that builds on Melville and Proulx as much as biblical antecedents. . . . Each sentence sparkles. . . . Exquisite prose . . . spellbinding drama . . . The Adversary is a magnificent novel." —Star Tribune

"Spellbinding. . . . Along with a vivid setting and memorable characters, Crummey impresses with his dexterous use of language to convey the time period. . . . This gripping page-turner is Crummey’s masterpiece." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"An enthralling masterpiece. . . . Crummey boasts . . . prodigious powers of description, cutting humor, and explorations of good and evil in his descent to the lower depths. . . . His language is ceaselessly entertaining. . . . The sheer energy of the novel never flags. It’s the latest superb effort by an author who couldn’t be more deserving of greater recognition beyond his native Canada." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A splendid tale of sibling rivalry and escalating retribution. . . . Crummey’s characters leap off the page. The exquisite period language is lyrical yet unrelentingly portentous, and the insults are of Shakespearean caliber. . . . The cumulative misfortune falls somewhere between biblical and Dickensian as Crummey masterfully builds the suspense while tempering the intensity with instances of selfless devotion. [With The Adversary] Crummey has . . . established himself as one of our best writers." —Booklist (starred review)
“Crummey . . . [has] built nuanced portraits of allegiances that must be forged in adversity, and the enmities that arrive not only from longstanding hatreds but from scarce resources too. . . . [He] is a wise and unsparing writer whose understanding of human foibles retains a scrap of empathy even for his blackest creations.” —The Guardian

"Gobsmackingly accomplished. . . . Crummey’s novel simply fascinates. It’s a peerless study of interpersonal strife and power dynamics, as well as a portrait series of a community deeply prone to weathers." —Quill and Quire

"The Adversary is well-researched historical fiction, filled with colourful turns of phrase that in some cases can still be heard in Newfoundland. Readers familiar with scripture will recognize, from title to final page, writing rich with Biblical imagery and symbol. Dark happenings and choices may call to mind the plagues of Egypt and seven deadly sins, but this powerful novel explores also human resilience and the potential for light to shine in the darkness and not be overcome. . . . The Adversary is an immersive, impressive, and unforgettable literary accomplishment." —2025 Dublin Literary Award nominating library

MICHAEL CRUMMEY is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Little Dogs: New and Selected Poems and Passengers, and the short fiction collection Flesh and Blood. His first novel, River Thieves, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and his second novel, The Wreckage, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His third novel, Galore, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Canada and the Caribbean) and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. His fourth novel, Sweetland, was also a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. His most recent novel, The Innocents, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award. Michael Crummey lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.

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