Quill and Quire

Fiction: Novels

Deadly Accusations

By Debra Purdy Kong

Debra Purdy Kong’s second Casey Holland mystery begins with two rather prosaic situations. Kids are regularly brawling on Vancouver’s Mainland Public Transit buses, and someone is hurling stones at bus windows. Casey, considered MPT’s best ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Carpenter

By Matt Lennox

From the early 20th century to the present, from George Orwell to Ian McEwan and, most recently, Alain de Botton, there has been a tradition of taking novelists to task for failing to represent the ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Westlake Soul

By Rio Youers

Rio Youers’ ambitious second novel is told from the perspective of Westlake Soul, a 23-year-old surfer who has been paralyzed after a brutal wipeout. He lives in a persistent vegetative state under the care of ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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By Will Ferguson

Over the last decade, Will Ferguson has made the seemingly effortless transition from successful humorist and travel writer to successful comic novelist. Generica, his 2001 satire of the self-help industry, was a surprise hit at ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels