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4.1/5 AbeBooks Publisher Pocket Book of Canada Media type Print (paperback) Country Canada | 4.1/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 1974 Originally published 1974 Adaptations The Patriot (1998) ISBN 978-0-7701-0087-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic fiction Similar Down to a Sunless Sea, Farnham's Freehold, Earth Abides, The Postman, Alas - Babylon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Last Canadian is a 1974 science fiction novel by William C. Heine about the adventures of Eugene Arnprior after North America is devastated by a plague. The U.S. release of the novel was titled Death Wind.
Contents
Plot introduction
A 1970s Cold War apocalyptic story where Eugene Arnprior, an engineer living in Montreal, who after learning of a fast spreading airborne virus (released by the Soviets) in the American Rockies moves his wife and two sons to an isolated cabin in Northern Quebec. Arnipoor's family is wiped out when a virus carrier nears their camp - Arnipoor is immune but also carries the virus now. The story continues as he travels the dead cities and meets various groups of survivors on the east coast of America and makes contact with a US destroyer off the coast of Florida which is being followed by an eavesdropping Soviet submarine.
Movie
Though the 1998 movie The Patriot is credited as an adaptation of William C. Heine's novel The Last Canadian, it shares virtually no similarities with the novel except the idea of a deadly virus. No character names, events, or even locations appear in both the book and the film.
Explanation of title
Eugene Arnprior had just received in the mail a notice of his Canadian citizenship when the plague struck. Therefore, he considered himself The Last Canadian.