The Moved and the Shaken

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The Moved and the Shaken
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Author Ken Dryden
Language English
Genre Novel
Publisher Penguin Books
Publication date
1993
Publication place Canada
Media typePrint
Pages306 pages
Preceded byHome Game 
Followed byIn School 

The Moved and the Shaken is the fourth book and first novel by Canadian author, politician and retired hockey player Ken Dryden. It was first published in 1993 by Penguin Books.

Plot and setting

The novel is set in the eastern suburbs of the Greater Toronto Area, in the communities of Scarborough, Whitby and Oshawa. The story centers around Frank Bloye, an oil company employee dealing with the everyday realities of being a middle-aged, middle-class Canadian family man in the 1990s.

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