The Next Sure Thing

Name: The Next Sure Thing
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Richard Wagamese
ISBN: 9781773059754

Author: Richard Wagamese

Narrator: Billy Merasty

Unabridged: 2 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 05/30/2022

Categories: Fiction, Crime, Urban, Sports

Synopsis

Cree Thunderboy wants nothing less than to be the next great blues man. But, playing to tiny audiences in shabby rooms like Shelly’s Crab Shack, his career is stalled. Then at the race track he meets Win Hardy, a seemingly charming rogue who spots Cree’s knack for picking winning horses. He offers to record his first CD and send him on tour, as long as Cree can keep coming up with the hot tips at the track.Things are looking good for Cree until he discovers Win’s connections to the mob and his violent response to anything that doesn’t go his way. And when things inevitably go bad, Cree discovers that in life and in gambling there is never really the next sure thing. Bespeak Audio Editions brings Canadian voices to the world with audiobook editions of some of the country’s greatest works of literature, performed by Canadian actors.

About Richard Wagamese

Richard Wagamese (1955â€“2017), an Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, is recognized as one of Canadaâ€™s foremost authors and storytellers. He wrote seventeen books including the national bestsellers Embers: One Ojibwayâ€™s Meditations and Indian Horse, the Peopleâ€™s Choice winner in the 2013 Canada Reads competition. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from both Thompson Rivers University and Lakehead University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jenny

Another book to use with my ESL students. This one has some vocabulary that will be difficult for the students from Japan and Korea and some cultural references that they will not recognize, but the story is interesting and I think they will enjoy it. I enjoyed it. I think we will have to sample Cra......more

Goodreads review by Ben

Beloved Author Richard Wagamese is quite possibly my favorite Indigenous author. This book was absolutely amazing. Even though a short book, it was really compelling and interesting. An excellent read. Highly recommended. Another excellent book to read on National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21). Che......more

Goodreads review by Fern

Everyone in my family is reading this author so I decided to try a short one to see if I liked his writing too. And I did! I read it all in one day. I like his characters but I think the strength of this book was the story, all about gambling, with some interesting insights. Kind of a man's book.......more