The sentimentalists a novel

"Haunted by horrific events he witnessed during the Vietnam War, Napoleon Haskell is exhausted from years spent battling his memories. With his health declining, and rapidly slipping into senility, Napoleon's daughter moves with him to Casablanca, Ontario. With love and insatiable curiousity, she devotes herself to learning the truth about him; and through the fog, Napoleon's past begins to emerge."
"Haunted by the vivid horrors of the Vietnam War, Napoleon Haskell leaves his North Dakota trailer and moves to a small Ontario town where Henry, the father of his fallen Vietnam comrade, has a home on the shore of a man-made lake. When Napoleon's daughter arrives, fleeing troubles of her own, she finds her father in the dark twilight of his life, and rapidly slipping into senility. With love and insatiable curiosity, she devotes herself to learning the truth about his life; and through the fog, Napoleon's past begins to emerge. Winner of the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2009."@en
"Napoleon Haskell lives in Casablanca, Ontario, on the shores of a man-made lake that covers the remains of the former town. When his daughter's life unravels, she retreats to Casablanca and is soon immersed in the complicated family stories that lurk below the surface of everyday life."@en