Son of a Trickster
First edition | |
| Author | Eden Robinson |
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| Cover artist | Jennifer Lum (first edition) |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Trickster trilogy |
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| Set in | Kitimat |
| Published | February 7, 2017 (Knopf Canada) |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Pages | 336 (first edition) |
| ISBN | 0345810783 |
| Followed by | Trickster Drift |
Son of a Trickster is a 2017 coming of age novel 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. The novel interweaves the Indigenous myth from Haisla/Heitsuk oral storytelling, as Jared discovers the Haisla trickster, Wee'jit. The story is set in Kitimat, British Columbia.
It took Robinson eight years to write, and is followed by the 2018 novel, Trickster Drift. The third and final novel, titled Return of the Trickster, was published in 2021.