{"product_id":"megantic-paperback","title":"Megantic - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne-Marie Saint-Cerny\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eW. Donald Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLac-Mégantic, Québec, Canada - July 6, 2013. On a hot summer night, a driverless, out-of-control train descends the slope that leads to the scenic town below and explodes, pulverizing the downtown area and killing forty-seven unsuspecting victims. The devastation, which leaves the people of Lac-Mégantic dazed and in mourning, is quickly the object of a tortuous cover-up. Who are the tragedy's real culprits? In this fascinating piece of investigative journalism, which unfolds like a thriller, Saint-Cerny reveals the inner workings of the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. She uncovers how the disaster, far from being just an \"error of a faulty system,\" was caused by powerful people and institutions distant from the town itself. The tragedy of Lac-Mégantic began far before the train's brakes failed; it was conceived in the offices of Wall Street hedge funders, of Dakota black-gold cowboy magnates, of oil conglomerates, of a political class entirely devoted to the interests of the rail industry. And when it struck, it hit a population which, while still in shock, found itself at the mercy of local predators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruit of five years of work and interviews with nearly a hundred people, including victims and their relatives, \u003ci\u003eMégantic: A Tragedy in Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the story of the disaster in three acts - before, during, and after - in an investigation whose ultimate goal is to prevent the preventable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne-Marie Saint-Cerny is a Canadian writer and political activist from Quebec. She is most noted for her 2018 book \u003ci\u003eMégantic: Une tragédie annoncée\u003c\/i\u003e, an examination of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of 2013, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards. She previously published the\u003ci\u003e Zan\u003c\/i\u003e series of children's books, as well as the novel \u003ci\u003eLa jouissance du loup à l'instant de mordre\u003c\/i\u003e. She was a Green Party of Canada candidate in Hochelaga in the 2015 federal election.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42163541508231,"sku":"9781772012590","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/19ccc8883d612ffe9302e0ca08af5982.webp?v=1733298187","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/megantic-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}