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Garden of Venus

By Eva Stachniak

Eva Stachniak’s new novel is raw historical fiction. A retelling and re-imagining of the tumultuous life of Countess Sophie Potocka, it takes an unwavering look at the human body and mind in protracted decline.Garden of ... Read More »

June 28, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

You Made Me Love You

By Joanna Goodman

Sophomore novelist Joanna Goodman has written an eminently readable piece of women’s fiction about three sisters facing life-altering decisions that feels, in spirit, like a cross between Four Weddings and a Funeral and Hannah and ... Read More »

June 20, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Water, Inc.

By Varda Burstyn

Bourne-like, some thrillers deliver lots of action but very little plausibility – we love the suspense, but never quite believe that we’ll be encountering amnesiac special agents or colourful computer hackers anytime soon. Other thrillers ... Read More »

June 14, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Cold Dark Matter

By Alex Brett

Publishers often promote new mysteries on the strength of the unique, quirky vocations of their protagonists. There are dog-groomer detectives and mysteries featuring caterers, couriers, and clowns. But only a Canadian writer would base a ... Read More »

June 14, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Luck

By Joan Barfoot

Joan Barfoot’s 10th novel, like her ninth, Critical Injuries, begins with a cataclysmic event: in this case, the death of a husband. The death happens without warning. Philip Lawrence, a hale and hearty master wood ... Read More »

June 13, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels