Blind Luck

Would you bet your life on luck? Risk your fortune on a coin toss or wager? In Toronto screenwriter Scott Carter’s debut novel, Dave Bolden could plausibly answer yes. When the driver of an 18-wheel ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Falling from Grace

By Ann Eriksson

When Ann Eriksson conjured up Dr. Faye Pearson, a three-foot-tall entomologist, the idea must have seemed too good to pass up. Just think of all the ways that, both literally and metaphorically, the combination of ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

In the Fabled East

By Adam Lewis Schroeder

Adam Lewis Schroeder’s second novel ranges from France at the turn of the 20th century to French Indochina in the 1930s. Weaving together a host of narrators and timelines, the story primarily follows the paths ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Singer’s Gun

By Emily St. John Mandel

There is no doubt that Emily St. John Mandel is a skilled and promising new voice. Her first novel, 2009’s Last Night in Montreal, proved she is able to craft clear, concise, and beautifully composed ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Master of Happy Endings

By Jack Hodgins

Jack Hodgins’ literary career has spanned more than three decades and resulted in a Governor General’s Literary Award (for the 1979 novel The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne) and the author’s induction into the Order of ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Invention of the World

By Jack Hodgins

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Rehearsal

By Eleanor Catton

The plot is conventionally provocative: in the aftermath of a high school sex scandal, a group of teenage girls become aware of their own power. However, in The Rehearsal, the first novel by Canadian-born, New ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Ilustrado

By Miguel Syjuco

In 2008, Montreal author Miguel Syjuco’s debut novel nabbed both the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Palanca Award (the Pulitzer of the Philippines) – quite a coup for a first book. Given the noisy ... Read More »

April 19, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Beatrice & Virgil

By Yann Martel

“My book is about representations of the Holocaust. The event is gone; we are left with stories about it. My book is about a new choice of stories.” A book that offers readers a new ... Read More »

April 9, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag

By Alan Bradley

Last year, Alan Bradley made a splash in the mystery world with The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, which introduced 11-year-old Flavia de Luce, one of the most original and charming sleuths to ... Read More »

March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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