Ragged company

ISBN: 9780385256940 (paperback)
Physical Description: 376 pages ; 21 cm regular print print
Edition: Anchor Canada edition.
Publisher: [Toronto] : Anchor Canada, 2009.
Copyright: &copy;2008.
Badges: Top Holds Over Last 5 Years : 5 / 5.0

Summary: Four chronically homeless people: Amelia One Sky; Timber; Double Dick; and Digger, seek refuge in a warm movie theatre when a severe Arctic Front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one-time event, this temporary refuge transfixes them. They fall in love with this new world, and once the weather clears, continue their trips to the cinema. On one of these outings they meet Granite, a jaded and lonely journalist who has turned his back on writing the same story over and over again in favour of the escapist qualities of film, and an unlikely friendship is struck. A found cigarette package (contents: some unsmoked cigarettes, three $20 bills, and a lottery ticket) changes the fortune of this struggling set. The ragged company discovers they have won $13.5 million, but none of them can claim the money for lack of proper identification. Enlisting the help of Granite, their lives and fortunes become forever changed.