Twenty-Six (novel)

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name = Twenty-Six
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image_caption = First Edition Cover
author = Leo McKay, Jr.
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country = Canada
language = English
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genre = Fiction
publisher = McClelland & Stewart
release_date = April 15 2003
media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 388 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-7710-5475-0
preceded_by = "Like This"
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"Twenty-Six" is the debut novel by author Leo McKay, Jr., released in 2003. The book was a national bestseller in Canada [http://www.thebukowskiagency.com/Twenty-Six.htm Twenty-Six] , "bukowskiagency.com", Retrieved May 20, 2008] and won the 2004 Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction [http://www.halifax.ca/bookawards/index.html#winners Dartmouth Book Awards Winners] , "halifax.ca", Retrieved May 20, 2008.] .

Plot Summary

Set in the fictional town of Albion Mines, Nova Scotia, the novel takes place against the backdrop of a coal mine explosion that kills twenty-six miners, not dissimilar to the real-life Westray Mine explosion of 1992.

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