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- catalog abstract ""Disillusioned and apathetic after four years of college, fledgling reporter Mahatma Grafton returns to his hometown to begin work at a local newspaper. The eccentric commitment of an unlikely welfare crusader, an exchange student from Cameroon and a French language rights activist begins to consume him. When a peaceful demonstration escalates into a full-scale riot and police cover-up, Mahatma discovers the principles that have always eluded him. Intelligent and comic, Some Great Thing exposes the internal realities of a newspaper's editorial desk, and treats social issues such as race, gender, language and the rights of the poor with sensitivity and courage."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b9610251.
- catalog coverage "Winnipeg (Man.) Fiction.".
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description ""Disillusioned and apathetic after four years of college, fledgling reporter Mahatma Grafton returns to his hometown to begin work at a local newspaper. The eccentric commitment of an unlikely welfare crusader, an exchange student from Cameroon and a French language rights activist begins to consume him. When a peaceful demonstration escalates into a full-scale riot and police cover-up, Mahatma discovers the principles that have always eluded him. Intelligent and comic, Some Great Thing exposes the internal realities of a newspaper's editorial desk, and treats social issues such as race, gender, language and the rights of the poor with sensitivity and courage."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "240 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0888011679".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Winnipeg, Man. : Turnstone Press,".
- catalog spatial "Manitoba Winnipeg".
- catalog spatial "Winnipeg (Man.) Fiction.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 20".
- catalog subject "Journalists Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Journalists Manitoba Winnipeg Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PR9199.3.H479 S65 1992".
- catalog title "Some great thing / Lawrence Hill.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "text".