This novels was runner-up for the Governor General's award in 1978 and has been revised and edited by the author and was re-released in 2014. Considered by many to be Mr. Fraser's best work, it is hard to argue with this rollicking tale of a bunch of young drunks and the antics they get up to in the fictional New Brunswick town of Bannonbridge. The climax is when they think they can make some easy drinking money by making themselves into a band to play at a Catholic High School dance. Chaos ensues. This novel is less about Walt Macbride (Mr. Fraser's alter ego) than it is about his friends Sully and Ralph Ramsay.

This novels was runner-up for the Governor General's award in 1978 and has been revised and edited by the author and was re-released in 2014. Considered by many to be Mr. Fraser's best work, it is hard to argue with this rollicking tale of a bunch of young drunks and the antics they get up to in the fictional New Brunswick town of Bannonbridge. The climax is when they think they can make some easy drinking money by making themselves into a band to play at a Catholic High School dance. Chaos ensues. This novel is less about Walt Macbride (Mr. Fraser's alter ego) than it is about his friends Sully and Ralph Ramsay.