# The Red Chesterfield

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{{short description|Crime novella by Wayne Arthurson}}

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'''''The Red Chesterfield''''' is the eighth novel from [Canadian](/source/Canadian_people) writer [Wayne Arthurson](/source/Wayne_Arthurson).<ref name=cbc2020-03-27/>

On May 22, 2020, the [Crime Writers of Canada](/source/Crime_Writers_of_Canada) recognized ''The Red Chesterfield'' with the [Arthur Ellis Award](/source/Arthur_Ellis_Award) for the best crime novella of 2019.<ref name=ctv2020-05-22/> The award comes with a $200 cash prize.<ref name=cbc2020-05-22/>

During an interview with [Shelagh Rogers](/source/Shelagh_Rogers) Arthurson told her he used the novel to play with the tropes of the mystery genre.<ref name=cbc2020-03-27/>
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{{block indent|left=1.5|1="That genre trope around how [protagonists] always focus on the crime, regardless of what it does to their family — I wanted to mess with that. The mystery 'MacGuffin,' like the red chesterfield, usually would disappear after a while. I wanted it to appear again and again, to add a bit of magic realism to it. I wanted to play with that trope as well. I just tried different things."<ref name=cbc2020-03-27/>}}
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==References==
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<ref name=ctv2020-05-22>
{{cite news     
| url         = https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/criminal-masterminds-the-crime-writers-of-canada-name-their-best-books-for-2020/
| title       = Criminal Masterminds: The Crime Writers of Canada name their best books for 2020
| work        = [CTV News](/source/CTV_News)
| author      = Scott Burton
| date        = 2020-05-22
| location    = [London, Ontario](/source/London%2C_Ontario)
| access-date  = 2020-05-24
| quote       = Other winners included: best crime novella, won by Wayne Arthurson for The Red Chesterfield. Arthurson’s award was sponsored by Mystery Weekly, an online monthly journal of short crime fiction based in London, Ont. 
}}
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<ref name=cbc2020-05-22>
{{cite news     
| url         = https://www.cbc.ca/books/michael-christie-s-greenwood-wins-best-novel-at-arthur-ellis-awards-for-canadian-crime-writing-1.5578964
| title       = Michael Christie's Greenwood wins best novel at Arthur Ellis Awards for Canadian crime writing
| work        = [CBC Books](/source/CBC_Books)
| author      = Jane van Koeverden
| date        = 2020-05-22
| accessdate  = 2020-05-24
| quote       = Wayne Arthurson received the best novella honours, a $200 prize, for The Red Chesterfield. The story follows a bylaw officer who, while investigating a suspicious yard sale, discovers a severed foot in an old red chesterfield.
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<ref name=cbc2020-03-27>
{{cite news     
| url         = https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/full-episode-march-28-2020-1.5512034/wayne-arthurson-plays-with-the-mystery-genre-and-magic-in-his-novel-the-red-chesterfield-1.5512055
| title       = Wayne Arthurson plays with the mystery genre and magic in his novel The Red Chesterfield
| work        = [CBC Radio](/source/CBC_Radio)
| author      = [Shelagh Rogers](/source/Shelagh_Rogers)
| date        = 2020-03-27
| accessdate  = 2020-04-14
| quote       = In his latest, The Red Chesterfield, he purposefully subverts the mystery form with a story that has clues that lead nowhere and motivations that are deliberately ambiguous.
}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Red Chesterfield, The}}
Category:Canadian novellas
Category:Canadian mystery novels
Category:2019 Canadian novels
Category:2010s novellas

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