Ernest Langford's Most Recent Print Novels

Now that you have sampled Ernest Langford's fiction, you will want to read more. The novels described below are available from Battle Street Books while supplies last. Just use the title and the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) assigned to each book. You will also find most titles at your local public library.

Rendezvous at Dieppe

Four young British Columbia volunteers meet in training camp and stay together through the Allied Landing at Dieppe on August 18, 1942, some dying, some surviving, all of them passing the ultimate test of courage.

Harbour Publishing / ISBN 1-55017-076-7 / 172 pages / $14.95 paper

The Apple Eaters

Jimmy Sung, private investigator, is hired to investigate the alleged suicide of a wealthy playboy. Falling helplessly under the spell of the playboy's schoolgirl sister, Jimmy, after much soul searching, finally unravels the mystery.

Harbour Publishing / ISBN 1-55017-100-3 / 200 pages / $12.95 paper

Survival Course

Nathaniel "Walker" Britton, a small-town insurance agent, and his wife Eleanor appear to have a near perfect life, but when Britton agrees to help out a friend he becomes involved in an unusual love affair and the cover-up of a murder.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 0-9699324-0-5 / 285 pages / $12.95 paper

Rosie & Iris

Two sisters -- one a sophisticate, the other an innocent -- are forced to deal with the horror of rape. The victim's ensuing pregnancy and bizarre revenge on her rapist create a moral and legal dilemma that affects her whole family.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 0-9699324-1-3 / 349 pages / $14.95 paper

The Wax Key

During the '30s and '40s in England, Hector Powell manipulates his way up the economic and social ladder in order to secure the future of his son and daughter and their children. Along the way, he inadvertently ruins the life of one family member.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 0-9699324-4-8 / 571 pages / $17.95 paper

Necessities of Life

This sequel to The Wax Key follows Hector Powell's grandchildren, who live in Canada but continue to be controlled by inescapable family bonds. Grandson Jamie struggles to carve his own life separate from the weight of tradition and expectation.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 0-9699324-6-4 / 320 pages / $17.95 paper

Oh, Patagonia!

The compelling family saga introduced in The Wax Key and Necessities of Life continues into the 1990s as Oh, Patagonia! follows the lives of Hector Powell's grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 1-896452-14-0 / 384 pages / $18.95 paper

Valley of Shadows

Following the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in a small B.C. town, one man is accused and persecuted by a group of townspeople, despite police assurance of his innocence. Interior monologues reveal the passions that impel the residents toward violence.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 0-9699324-7-2 / 272 pages / $17.95 paper

The Existentialist

The novel traces the life of Arthur Compson, writer. His publisher's accidental death forces him to flee England for America where he assumes a new identity. Years later, he returns to face his past with unexpected consequences.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 1-896452-30-2 / 527 pages / $23.95 paper

The Wonders of Sex

William and Lisa Truecoat's marriage offers marital comfort and carnal predictability. Yet, William finds himself falling in love with Alice, a clerk in his office, while Lisa becomes sexually attracted to Jerry, an aquaintance from high school days. Their extra-marital adventures change their lives in unexpected ways.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 1-896452-34-5 / 220 pages / $19.95 paper

The Ten-Bible Secret

Cynthia and Miriam, teenage girls, enjoy uncovering secrets, which they rank according to an imaginary stack of ten bibles. By chance, Miriam overhears a conversation that leads them to the ultimate ten-bible secret and to actions that irrevocably alter the course of their lives.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 1-896452-38-8 / 288 pages / $19.95 paper

Now Is the Battle Fought

Two novellas are united by a single theme--the struggle for individual identity and survival. In one story, an aging artist discovers immortality. In the other, a young woman surrenders to despair.

Trafford Publishing & Battle Street Books / ISBN 1-41204284-4 / 352 pages / $36.10 / perfect bound

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Assault on Mount Annapeg

Allan Lambert and his daughter Peg and her friend Anna travel into the mountains on a camping trip where Lambert discovers unpleasant truths about himself.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 1-896452-01-9 / 214 pages / $16.95 paper

The Portuguese Waiter

Edith and Paul McAdam appear to be a happily married couple dedicated to their university careers until Edith, quite by chance, meets and falls in love with a Portuguese waiter.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 1-896452-05-1 / 182 pages / $16.95 paper

Betrayal

Somewhere in Europe a man is unfairly tortured and imprisoned. Years later he executes his revenge for these acts, only to discover he betrays the one woman he has ever loved.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 1-896452-09-4 / 152 pages / $12.95 paper

Show Me the Way

A young, naive postal clerk writes letters to the premier of British columbia asking him to improve conditions for poor people. He joins a groups of social misfits who enroll him in their scheme to disrupt the postal system. Unknowingly, he brings about his own destruction.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 1-896452-11-6 / 296 pages / $22.95 paper

Chombuk

Crumbthorpe Knottley, a funeral director from Sweet Springs, Saskatchewan enroute to a convention of morticians crash-lands his airplane in a strange land called Chombuk, where everyone has bowed legs. Knottley is immediately put into prison because his straight legs are judged both criminal and aesthetically offensive. There he makes plans to avoid execution.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 978-1-896452-02-9 / 198 pages / $19.95 paper

The Conquistador

Ivor Bateson is 23 when he emigrates from England to British Columbia where he lands a job on a dairy farm. He falls in love with his employer's wife, who calls him a conquistador because of his determination to survive and make good. When conflict erupts on the farm, Ivor gets another job, finds a new girlfriend, buys a motorcycle and roars around the countryside, gaining confidence in his ability to conquer the new world.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 978-1-896452-00-5 / 458 pages / $23.95 paper

Prison of Love

Hilde Brenne, youngest child of a well-to-do family marries Joe McCready, who lives in a remote BC valley. Hilde and Joe think of their home as a sanctuary, and after their daughter Lallie is born, believe their happiness is forever secured. Lallie passes through childhood and early adolescence guarded by her twin loves—her parents and her valley home. When Hilde dies in a landslide, Lallie steps forward to take her mother's place with tragic results.

Battle Streeet Books / ISBN 978-1-896452-03-6 / 192 pages / $19.95 paper

On the Road To Banff

Shoddy Shadrack, a teenager, is forced to leave home by his parents. As he is shuttled from pillar to post by friends and family, he meets Patty Newcomb and they fall in love. However, Patty's family separate the young couple, and Shoddy begins an odyssey to become reunited with her.

Battle Streeet Books / ISBN 978-1-896452-04-3 / 282 pages / $22.95 paper

Crossing the Span

Zack Tampler, a conniving ne'er-do-well, and Andrew "Bristle" Broom, an obese halibut fisherman, have been friends since returning from World War II to a small coastal town in southern British Columbia. In order to find a female companion for Bristle, Zack intrudes in the married life of Ellie and Jerry Thurston. Zack's insinuations about Ellie's conduct cause Jerry to take leave from his well-paid construction job in a northern mine. He believes that he must sacrifice present time with his wife and children to ensure a bright future for them, which conflicts with Ellie's desire for normal family life. Zack's interference leads to dramatic changes in their lives.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 978-1-896452-06-7 / 144 pages / $19.95 paper

Hatchet Man

At a time of a declining fishery, ethnologist Herbert Penstock arrives in a northern coastal community in British Columbia to assess the future of the local fish cannery. There he meets Rebecca Morthanstal and Jenny Peacock, who challenge his academic view of human nature. He becomes obsessively attracted to Rebecca, whom he believes he must sexually possess to rid himself of his desire. At the same time, Jenny takes Penstock as her lover, although he doesn't value her devotion to him.

Battle Street Books / ISBN 978-1-89645-07-4 / 208 pages / $16.95 / paper

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