(Random House, 2004, Vintage 2005, University of Queensland Press, 2007)

Shortlisted, Toronto Book Award, 2005
Pearson Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize, 2004
Shortlisted, Trillium Award, 2004
Shortlisted, Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize

“A truly amazing book, wonderfully written. All the time I was reading, I was either choked up or grinning from ear to ear. This is a stunning debut.”
     - Paul Quarrington, author of Whale Music and The Spirit Cabinet

“Some writers go to great lengths to write a book. They climb Mount Everest, follow armies into war zones, go undercover with a professional sports team or travel around the world on a motorbike, unicycle or other type of contraption. Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall has more guts than any of those writers.”
     - Edmonton Journal

“This is a genuine accomplishment, brilliantly balancing humour and horror, steadfastly refusing to stereotype or simplify. I have no idea who Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall really is, but he had a lot of guts to set out on this project, and he has even more talent to have pulled it off.”
     - National Post