- More Joy in Heaven
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More Joy in Heaven 
Author(s) Morley Callaghan Country Canada Language English Genre(s) Novel Publisher Random House Publication date 1937 Media type Print (Hardback) Pages 278 pp (first edition, hardback) ISBN NA Preceded by Now That April's Here and Other Stories Followed by Luke Baldwin's Vow More Joy in Heaven is a novel written by Canadian author Morley Callaghan and published in 1937. The central figure, Kip Caley, was inspired by Norman Ryan (1895-1936), a criminal who had committed a number of robberies in Quebec, Ontario and the United States.
Callaghan's friend Ernest Hemingway had also considered writing a novel based on Ryan's life. As a reporter for The Toronto Daily Star, Hemingway had covered the criminal in 1925. Dramatised as a radio play by Donald Jack for CBC Theatre 10:30.
Plot introduction
Powerful and moving Story of an Ex-Criminal's struggle for regeneration.
Synopsis
The story of Kip Caley, an ex-criminal, intent on becoming a useful and honourable human being. His struggle with himself and with a society which will not let him regain his human dignity.
References
- Brian Busby, Character Parts: Who's Really Who in Canlit, Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2003. ISBN 0-676-97579-8
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