Original prin / Randy Boyagoda.
"Prin is a forty-year-old English professor who lives in Toronto. Following a cancer diagnosis, he resolves to be a better husband, father, and Catholic. He has a chance to do so when he learns that his university is going to shut down unless it comes up with a new purpose. He's asked to figure this out in the company of a Chinese real estate magnate and his flirty ex-girlfriend while also dealing with the demands of having four small children, a skeptical wife, and deranged, recently divorced parents. In the middle of a business meeting he has a mystical religious experience that compels him to go to the Middle East--with his ex-girlfriend--where he encounters God, temptation, and a gun-toting young Muslim man who also wants to do something big for his faith. A novel about a deeply Catholic Sri Lankan English professor, Original Prin is a strangely funny book sure to touch, vex, and amuse."-- Provided by publisher.
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- Perseus Publishing
<p><strong>A <em>NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW </em>EDITOR'S CHOICE</strong></p><p><strong> A <em>GLOBE AND MAIL</em> BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR</strong></p><p>Eight months before he became a suicide bomber, Prin went to the zoo with his family.</p><p>Following a cancer diagnosis, forty-year old Prin vows to become a better man and a better Catholic. Heâs going to spend more time with his kids and better time with his wife, care for his recently divorced and aging parents, and also expand his cutting-edge research into the symbolism of the seahorse in Canadian literature.</p><p>But when his historic college in downtown Toronto faces a shutdown and he meets with the condominium developers ready to take it overâincluding a foul-mouthed young Chinese entrepreneur and Wende, his sexy ex-girlfriend from graduate schoolâPrin hears the voice of God. Bewildered and divinely inspired, he goes to the Middle East, hoping to save both his college and his soul. Wende is coming, too.</p><p>The first book in a planned trilogy, <em>Original Prin</em> is an entertaining and essential novel about family life, faith, temptation, and fanaticism. Itâs a timely story about timeless truths, told with wise insight and great humour, confirming Randy Boyagodaâs place as one of Canadaâs funniest and most provocative writers.</p> - Perseus Publishing
<p>An uproarious novel about academia, family, fatherhood, the trials of Catholic faith in a secular world. With seahorses.</p>