On a summer evening a gardener's spade slices a telephone cable into distant silence. the resulting disconnection is devastating. With the failure of one call to reach the house, an ambitious young actor becomes the victim of sexual blackmail. The blocking of a second call leads tragically to murder. And when the telephone repairman arrives to mend the broken line , his innocent yet irresistible male beauty has explosive consequences.In Spadework, Timothy Findley, a master storyteller, has created an electric wordplay of infidelity and morality. Spadework tells a story that ripples with ever-widening repercussions, a sensual, witty and completely absorbing novel.
- ISBN10 0060541237
- ISBN13 9780060541231
- Publish Date 1 October 2002 (first published 8 January 2002)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 11 April 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint PerfectBound
- Format eBook
- Language English