Death in a Family Way

A woman who loves cats but hates people, a greedy brother-in-law and gold-digging sister, pregnant middle-class teenagers needing some remedy for their unfortunate state – these are a few of the secondary characters Gwendolyn Southin ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Evil Never Sleeps

By K.G.E. Konkel

K.G.E. “Chuck” Konkel was heralded as the second coming of John le Carré for his 1987 novel The Glorious East Wind. Evil Never Sleeps, then, is best described as le Carré on speed. The pace ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Horus Road (lords of the Two Lands: Volume Three)

By Pauline Gedge

In the final volume of her Lords of the Two Lands trilogy, Pauline Gedge once again brings to life the majesty and cinematic glamour of ancient Egypt. The Horus Road concludes her story of the ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Skin Hound (There Are No Words)

By Kenneth J. Harvey

Nothing grabs attention like skin. Publications as far-flung as L.A. Weekly have noted Newfoundland writer Kenneth Harvey’s stunt of using bits of his own skin grafted onto homemade paper in promotional samples of his new ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Blind Assassin

By Margaret Atwood

I read The Blind Assassin with a page of paper by me on which to catch notes and questions and all those Atwood sentences so good I wanted to feel them in my own pen. ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Phoenix Lottery

By Allan Stratton

If it were a crime to be too clever by half, Allan Stratton’s first novel would represent a guilty plea. The Phoenix Lottery delights the reader with its Swiss-watch precision plotting, confident dialogue, and engagingly ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Suit of Light

By Anne Hébert , Sheila Fischman, trans.

The plot of Quebec writer Anne Hébert’s final novel, A Suit of Light, sounds melodramatic when put down in plain, flat English. Rose-Alba and Pedro Almevida and their son Miguel are Spanish immigrants in Paris. ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Barking Dog

By Cordelia Strube

Cordelia Strube is surely a unique voice in Canadian fiction today. Since her impressive debut, 1994’s Alex and Zee, this prolific and accomplished writer has made a career of portraying disconnected urbanites struggling to find ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Mercy Among the Children

By David Adams Richards

While David Adams Richards has long been admired, having won the Governor General’s Award in both fiction and non-fiction, he has remained something of a cult figure in Canadian writing – beloved by aficionados, but ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Anil’s Ghost

By Michael Ondaatje

In his controversial and quotable 1998 essay “The English Patient and Other Hams of a Superior Sort,” Philip Marchand gets caustic with Michael Ondaatje. Everything, it seems, is wrong with The English Patient. Ondaatje is ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Death in a Family Way

Evil Never Sleeps

The Horus Road (lords of the Two Lands: Volume Three)

Skin Hound (There Are No Words)

The Blind Assassin

The Phoenix Lottery

A Suit of Light

The Barking Dog

★ Mercy Among the Children

Anil’s Ghost

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