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Tell It Slant

By Beth Follett

Toronto publisher and editor Beth Follett isn’t shy about placing her debut novel, Tell It Slant, in some heady literary company. The title is taken from an Emily Dickinson poem, and within the first few ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Spelling Mississippi

By Marnie Woodrow

In this bourbon-soaked barnburner of a tale, the Mississippi River becomes the catalyst for one woman’s midnight swim, and another’s plunge into obsession. Spelling Mississippi is short-story writer Marnie Woodrow’s first novel, and she’s chosen ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Lost Girls

By Andrew Pyper

Andrew Pyper does for Northern Ontario what Charles Dickens did for the streets of London: he brings the landscape alive, giving it a sense of character and history. On the surface, Lost Girls is about ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Laughing Falcon

By William Deverell

Political subterfuge, an exotic locale, and potential romance are popular potent ingredients for action thrillers, but it’s a tricky cocktail to concoct. The Laughing Falcon, William Deverell’s 11th novel, begins with Maggie Schneider, a harmless ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Elle

By Douglas Glover

Douglas Glover’s ninth book, Elle, opens with a Rabelaisian scene of illicit fornication and vomiting. It is promising stuff – lascivious, bizarre, entertaining – and while much of the novel lives up to that promise, ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels