Toronto: Doubleday, (1998). SIGNED first edition - True first edition of this Canadian author's first book, a collection of seven interconnected stories. Drawing on imaginary out-takes from Leni Riefenstahl's film on the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, these tell the story of post-war German immigrants. Winner of the 1998 Canadian Author's Association Jubilee Award, the first annual Danuta Gleed Award for best first collection of stories by a Canadian author, and the British Betty Trask Award for best first book of fiction by an author under 35. SIGNED by author on title page. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-385256981.