The Phoenix Lottery

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

Deadly Décisions

By Kathy Reichs

When Temperance “Tempe” Brennan first appeared on the fictional scene in 1997’s Déjà Dead, perceptive readers noted an almost slavish similarity to Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta character. The book’s most unique element was its Montreal ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

One Hundred Million Hearts

By Kerri Sakamoto

Kerri Sakamoto follows up her first novel, The Electrical Field, with a novel that revolves around a timely subject: men who fly planes into enemy targets, killing themselves in the process. The narrative follows Miyo, ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Summer That Never Was

By Peter Robinson

When the long-dead body unearthed on a construction site in Peterborough, England, is identified as 14-year-old Graham Marshall, detective Alan Banks is forced to return to the landscape of his youth. The grisly discovery of ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Sanctuary

By Lisa Appignanesi

Imagine that you are a graduate student desperately trying to avoid writing your thesis. You’ve redecorated your library carrel. You’ve picked all the muffin crumbs out of your laptop. You’ve spent hours looking up your genealogy ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Secrets of the Night

By Jo Beverley

Readers bombarded with an infinite variety of terms used to describe the sex act may not be familiar with the term“tupping.” In historical romance writer Jo Beverley’s new novel, Secrets of the Night, the word ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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The Phoenix Lottery

A Suit of Light

The Barking Dog

★ Mercy Among the Children

Anil’s Ghost

Deadly Décisions

One Hundred Million Hearts

The Summer That Never Was

Sanctuary

Secrets of the Night

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