Quill and Quire

Fiction: Novels

The Glass Harmonica

By Russell Wangersky

In this fractured tale of violence, obsession, and dirty secrets, Newfoundland author Russell Wangersky goes behind the picturesque facade of the brightly coloured clapboard houses that make up a working-class St. John’s neighbourhood. McKay Street ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Ghosted

By Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall

Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall received plaudits and some notoriety for his first book, Down to This, which recounted the year he spent living among the homeless in Toronto’s now-defunct Tent City. It’s not a stretch to assume ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Combat Camera

By A.J. Somerset

Mentally and physically wounded after years of covering wars, photographer Lucas Zane, the main character in A.J. Somerset’s debut novel (winner of the 2010 Metcalf-Rooke Award for an unpublished manuscript), finds himself down and out ... Read More »

August 23, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Fauna

By Alissa York

Alissa York’s Fauna is an extraordinary novel. A departure from the author’s previous, more historically minded works (including 2007’s Scotiabank Giller Prize–nominated Effigy), Fauna takes place in the hidden, wild corners of present-day Toronto, where ... Read More »

August 3, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Warhol Gang

By Peter Darbyshire

“Trotsky,” the code-named narrator of Peter Darbyshire’s sophomore novel, is a lot like the unnamed protagonist of Chuck Palahniuk’s 1996 novel Fight Club. He’s urban, disgruntled, savvy, aimless, underpaid, and deeply skeptical of the corporate ... Read More »

June 28, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Deadly Dues

By Linda Kupecek

Once upon a time Lulu Malone was somebody. Granted, she was the sort of somebody whose fame depended on a dimpled face warbling a signature dog food jingle (“Doggie Doggie Bow Wow”), but when there ... Read More »

June 9, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels