Ha! : a self-murder mystery / written and directed by Gordon Sheppard.

"With his wife's consent, on March 15, 1977, celebrated writer and former terrorist Hubert Aquin blew his brains out on the grounds of a Montreal convent school. Shocked by this self-murder, a filmmaker friend feels compelled to understand why Aquin killed himself - and discovers, at the h...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Sheppard, Gordon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Definitions
  • Dedication
  • The Setting
  • PRELUDE
  • 1 VILLA MARIA MARCH 15 1977
  • 2 THE NEWS
  • 3 THE INVESTIGATION: GENESIS
  • 4 PRELIMINARY INQUIRIES
  • 5 THE INVESTIGATION: FIRST PHASE
  • 6 NEIGE NOIRE (“BLACK SNOWâ€?)
  • 7 CARLETON UNIVERSITY
  • 8 LA PRESSE
  • 9 LA PRESSE: PERSPECTIVES
  • 10 LE JOUR
  • 11 HUBERT AQUIN AND QUÃ?BEC
  • On The Death of Hubert Aquin
  • 12 HUBERT AQUIN AND CANADA
  • 13 HUBERT AQUIN AND THE WORLD
  • 14 SUICIDAL CLUES
  • 15 A GREAT FATIGUE
  • 16 FAREWELL VISITS
  • 17 99 CENTS AND THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE.
  • 18 the trip to home19 the return to montreal
  • 20 sacrilege
  • 21 last contacts
  • 22 at the door of death
  • 23 obomre/shadowcast
  • 24 monday march 14 1977
  • 25 farewell letters
  • 26 the last night
  • 27 the first marriage
  • 28 tuesday morning march 15 1977
  • 29 mother
  • 30 death watch
  • 31 a wake
  • 32 postmortem inquiry 1: epilepsy
  • 33 wednesday march 16 1977
  • 34 postmortem inquiry 2: the story of mm
  • 35 cremation
  • 36 mmãœs story
  • 37 requiem mass
  • 38 ay and the truth about mm
  • 39 ashes
  • 40 quicksand.
  • 41 THE BEYONDCODA/WRAP UP
  • Cast
  • Authorized comments
  • Contents
  • Credits.