Trader [Paperback]

A novel of loss, identity, and, in the strangest of places, hope.

Leonard Trader is a luthier, a maker of guitars. Johnny Devlin is chronically unemployed. Leonard is solitary, quiet, responsible. Johnny is a lady-killer, a drunk, a charming loser.

When they inexplicably wake up in each other's bodies, Johnny gleefully moves into Leonard's comfortable and stable existence, leaving Leonard to pick up the pieces of a life he had no part in breaking.

Penniless, friendless, homeless, Leonard begins a journey that will take him beyond the streets of the city to an otherworld of dreams and spirits, where he must confront both the unscrupulous Johnny Devlin and his own deepest fears.

Charles de Lint's evocative novels, includingMoonheart,Memory and Dream,Forests of the Heart, andThe Onion Girl, have earned him a devoted following and critical acclaim. In 2000, his story collectionMoonlight and Vineswon the World Fantasy Award.

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A master of urban fantasy returns with one of his finest works. Wholly engaging. Publishers Weekly on Trader

Two lives. Two souls. One miracle.