In Original Prin, Prin vows to become a better man and a better Catholic following a cancer diagnosis. He wants to spend more time with his kids, navigate his changing relationship with his wife, and better his research on the symbolism of the seahorse in Canadian literature.
But then his small Catholic college is threatened with closing, and as he meets with the developer planning to take over the school—naturally led by his ex-girlfriend Wende—Prin hears the voice of God. Filled with rejuvenated faith and a deep desire to do what’s right, he comes up with a plan to go to the Middle East. Wende is coming too. A strangely funny novel about religion in a modern, secular world.