HA!: A Self-Murder Mystery 9780773560048
On 15 March 1977, with his wife's consent, celebrated writer and former terrorist Hubert Aquin blew his brains out
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Table of contents :
Contents
Definitions
Dedication
The Setting
Map of South-Western Québec (insets: Canada and Island of Montréal)
Map of City of Montréa
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PRELUDE
I
1 VILLA MARIA MARCH 15 1977
2 THE NEWS
3 THE INVESTIGATION: GENESIS
4 PRELIMINARY INQUIRIES
II
5 THE INVESTIGATION: FIRST PHASE
6 NEIGE NOIRE / “BLACK SNOW”
7 CARLETON UNIVERSITY
III
8 LA PRESSE
9 LA PRESSE: PERSPECTIVES
IV
10 LE JOUR
11 HUBERT AQUIN AND QUÉBEC
12 HUBERT AQUIN AND CANADA
13 HUBERT AQUIN AND THE WORLD
PAUSE/BREAK #1
14 SUICIDAL CLUES
V
15 A GREAT FATIGUE
16 FAREWELL VISITS
17 99 CENTS AND THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE
18 THE TRIP TO ROME
19 THE RETURN TO MONTRÉAL
VI
20 SACRILÈGE
21 LAST CONTACTS
22 AT THE DOOR OF DEATH
23 OBOMBRE / “SHADOWCAST”
VII.i
24 MONDAY MARCH 14 1977
25 FAREWELL LETTERS
26 THE LAST NIGHT
27 THE FIRST MARRIAGE
VII.ii
28 TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 15 1977
29 MOTHER
30 DEATH WATCH
VII.iii
31 A WAKE
PAUSE/BREAK #2
VIII.x
32 POSTMORTEM INQUIRY 1: EPILEPSY
33 WEDNESDAY MARCH 16 1977
IX.i, ii, iii, iv
34 POSTMORTEM INQUIRY 2: THE STORY OF MM
35 CREMATION
36 MM’S STORY
37 REQUIEM MASS
38 AY AND THE TRUTH ABOUT MM
39 ASHES
40 QUICKSAND
HOME
41 THE BEYOND
CODA/WRAP UP
CAST
AUTHORIZED COMMENTS
CREDITS
