Son of a Trickster

{{short description|2017 novel by Eden Robinson}}

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{{Use Canadian English|date=December 2015}}

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{{Infobox book

| name = Son of a Trickster

| image = Son of a Trickster.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Eden Robinson

| country = Canada

| language = English

| cover_artist = Jennifer Lum (first edition)

| series = The Trickster trilogy

| genre = {{plainlist|

• Coming of age
• Speculative fiction

}}

| set_in = Kitimat

| published = February 7, 2017 (Knopf Canada)

| pages = 336 (first edition)

| isbn = 0345810783

| preceded_by =

| followed_by = Trickster Drift}}

Son of a Trickster is a 2017 coming of age novel{{cite news |last1=Wiersema |first1=Robert J. |title='As slippery as a trickster tale should be': Eden Robinson's Son of a Trickster begins a promising, {{sic|humou|rously|nolink=y}} dark trilogy |url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/books/book-reviews/as-slippery-as-a-trickster-tale-should-be-eden-robinsons-son-of-a-trickster-begins-a-promising-humourously-dark-trilogy |access-date=4 October 2018 |publisher=National Post |date=7 February 2017}} by Indigenous Canadian author Eden Robinson. The first novel in The Trickster trilogy, it follows 16-year-old Jared, who wades through the complications of a broken family, social pressure, drugs, alcohol, and poverty.{{cite journal|last1=Rose|first1=Hilary A.|date=30 April 2008|title=Book Review Son of a Trickster|journal=Journal of Family Theory & Review|volume=10|issue=2|pages=494–500|doi=10.1111/jftr.12270}} The novel interweaves the Indigenous myth from Haisla/Heitsuk oral storytelling, as Jared discovers the Haisla trickster, Wee'jit.{{Cite news|url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/a-lighter-tone-in-eden-robinsons-new-novel-parallels-a-positive-uptick-in-the-authors-life/|title=A lighter tone in Eden Robinson's new novel parallels a positive uptick in the author's life {{!}} Quill and Quire|date=2017-01-30|work=Quill and Quire|access-date=2018-10-04}} The story is set in Kitimat, British Columbia.

It took Robinson eight years to write,{{cite news |last1=Warren |first1=Jennifer |title=Why it took Eden Robinson eight years to write Son of a Trickster |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/why-it-took-eden-robinson-eight-years-to-write-son-of-a-trickster-1.4053161 |access-date=4 October 2018 |publisher=CBC |date=7 November 2017}} and is followed by the 2018 novel, Trickster Drift.{{cite news |last1=Lederman |first1=Marsha |title=The indomitable Eden Robinson discusses writing her new Trickster sequel amid struggle and loss |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-the-indomitable-eden-robinson-discusses-writing-her-new-trickster/ |access-date=11 November 2019 |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=2 October 2018}} The third and final novel, titled Return of the Trickster, was published in 2021.Winston Szeto, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/eden-robinson-film-novel-1.5730727 "B.C. author Eden Robinson having a productive year despite pandemic disruptions"]. CBC News British Columbia, September 20, 2020.