Baltimore's Mansion introduces us to the Johnstons of Ferryland, a Catholic colony founded by Lord Baltimore in the 1620s on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, and centres on three generations of fathers and sons. Filled with heart-stopping description and a cast of stubborn, acerbic, yet utterly irresistible family members, it is an evocation of a time and a place reminiscent of Wayne Johnston's best fiction.

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NOMINEE 1999 - Governor General's Literary Award - Nonfiction
NOMINEE - Ambassador Book Award
WINNER 2000 - Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction

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"Incredibly moving, deeply personal and often hilarious."
—The Toronto Star

"A prodigiously talented author — Baltimore's Mansion ought to win a wide readership, especially among those of us grasping after the meaning of our own fathers' lives."
—The Globe and Mail

"Much more than a memoir — Johnston has used all the fictive techniques he has mastered as a mature literary artist to shape the materials of real life into a work of astonishing beauty and power."
—National Post

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Bestselling novelist Wayne Johnston was born and raised in the St. John’s area of Newfoundland. The Custodian of Paradise is his seventh novel; among his previous works of fiction are The Navigator of New York and The Colony of Unrequited Dreams. He is also the author of an award-winning and bestselling memoir, Baltimore’s Mansion. He lives in Toronto.

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