Mount Appetite

Twelve short stories, liked by the "Mount Appetite" of the title: the common theme of yearning and seeking, often involving addiction to substances, people, and schemes of the heart. The protagonists struggle to satiate their desires by indulging in alcohol and other vices, or, alternatively, scorning those who do. Characters range from an illiterate faith healer in New Brunswick to the articulate and illegitimate son of author Malcolm Lowry in BC.