Translation of: Volkswagen blues.

Volkswagen Blues is a road story about a writer named Jack and his search for his long-lost brother, Théo. Along the way, Jack picks up a hitchhiker, a young Aboriginal woman, named "La Grande Sauterelle" (because of her long, grasshopper-like legs) and her cat, Chop Suey. Together, they travel from Gaspé to San Francisco, exploring the history of European contact with the native people of the Americas. Along the way they discuss language, the Oregon Trail and their trip becomes a metaphor for the history of the French in North America.

Canada Reads, 2005 finalist