Winner of the 2006 Ottawa Book Award for English FictionBonk on the Head is the fictional account of a young mans strange and gruelling journey through military indoctrination and the strange and gruelling family life that drives him to it. Author JohnJames Ford himself a graduate of Royal Military College presents a spirited comingofage novel that is at once both gripping and hilarious. The unforgettable Verbal Kempt boyman flits between deranged assaults on the senses and sensory deprivation between memory and amnesia to define and redefine his own understanding of freedom and personality. His dilemmas take the form of private wars inside and outside the skullembroiling family institutions landscape and language. show more