The great Canadian novel

A terrible old novel that ushered in the era of Canadian self loathing era in books. Canada's answer to Jack Keroac tortures readers into a pitiful novel of a self absorbed company man who leaves his wife to run off and live like grizzly adams in Mexico - yes, that Mexico - so he can write the great Canadian novel under the safety of his newfound mediocrity. This book is so bad it should be criminal to read it.