The critically acclaimed graphic novel about Quebec-s contentious history by the founder of D+Q-is now in paperback.
It started in 1963, when a dozen mailboxes in a wealthy Montreal neighborhood were blown to bits by handmade bombs. By the following year, a guerilla army training camp was set up deep in the woods, with would-be soldiers training for armed revolt. Then, in 1966, two high school students dropped off bombs at factories, causing fatalities. What was behind these concerted, often bungled acts of terrorism and how did they last for nearly eight years?
Chris Oliveros sets out to dispel common misconceptions about the birth and early years of a now-defunct movement whose legacy still holds a tight grip on Canadian politics and the hearts and minds of Quebec. The Front de lib-tion du Qu-c (or in English, the Quebec Liberation Front), began as a socialist movement with a goal of championing workers- rights among the province-s French-speaking majority. Th
