Campus politics collide with curling club realities, releasing pent-up forces and triggering a chain reaction of unintended consequences. Blackie and his curling buddies find themselves whipped up by Blackie's university-age son to oppose the shut-down of their beloved Queen Victoria, Winnipeg's friendliest — and only Jewish — curling rink. Under the shadow of threat that this might be their last season ever, Blackie's foursome marches relentlessly towards the provincial bonspiel and the promise of glory.

"This comic, compelling, and moving portrait of a group of middle-aged Winnipeg Jews' attempts to save their curling club is ultimately about the strength of their compassion, camaraderie, and love in the face of adversity and the changes that life brings to their insular world. Rich in local colour and alive with Yiddish humour and shtick, Shot Rock manages the feat of making curling dramatic and engaging as this motley gang of old friends go through a whole shmear of spiels, schmoozing and shmaltziness and resolve this shemozzle of a situation, learning to value their rock-solid friendships amidst their beefs, their corned beefs, their regrets and their triumphs. The personal is political and the political can give you heartburn, but in the end, the heart wins out. So read this book — you have something better to do?" — Gary Barwin, Stephen Leacock laureate, author of Yiddish for Pirates

"While the whole world is content to think of Montreal as Canada's red-hot centre of radical politics, comedy, Jewishness, and winter sports, Michael Tregebov knows (and, wonderfully, writes!) the truth: nobody beats Winnipeg." — Charles Demers, Juno award finalist, author of Property Values