Driven

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A Studs Terkel-esque, oral history-driven travelogue and people’s history. Di Cintio speaks to a surprising range of subjects, from members of the Iraqi National Guard who survived the American bombardment and fled to Canada, to Nathan Phelps, the son of Fred Phelps of the Westboro Church, who escaped his father’s pull and fled to Canada, where he drives a cab on the West Coast, to Rawi Hage, whose cab-driving experiences found their way into his Dublin Impac Award-winning Cockroach, to the group of Indigenous woman who form a cab service for other Indigenous women to keep them from harm.

Will appeal to readers interested in contemporary issues surrounding immigration and refugees, borderlands studies, social and economic class, labour, racial discrimination, and transportation, especially in urban centers, as well as Barbara Ehrenreich fans.

As in Di Cintio’s recent books, Pay No Heed to the Rockets, about life in contemporary Palestine (praised by Kirkus and Canadian outlets for its intelligence and sensitivity) and Walls: Travels Along the Barricades, Marcello largely travels through other people, telling their stories, and through them, capturing a sense of the place. Driven offers a portrait of Canada that you will not see anywhere else, but one which will resonate with US readers.

Di Cintio has written for the International New York Times, The Walrus, and others

This is the fourth title in our Untold Lives series, which aims to bring to print lesser-known or neglected historical and biographical narratives. Two series titles have been national bestsellers in Canada and widely covered by national broadcas