Fiction: Novels

The Next Man in Texas

Romance has always been a popular genre. That it accounts for almost half of all mass market paperback sales proves that readers prefer it (even if critics and academics don’t). The publishers of romance understand ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Dr. Holt and the Texan

By Suzannah Davis

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Elephant Winter

By Kim Echlin

Sophie’s mother – an artist, only 49 – calls to say she is dying of cancer and who will look after her birds? Sophie returns to southern Ontario from Africa and takes on much greater ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Days of Miracles and Wonders: A Novel of East and West

By Simon Louvish

A jet-setting doctor named Angel performs surgery in the war zones of Beirut before his mysterious kidnapping. A reincarnated English king named Richard the Lionheart travels modern-day Middle Eastern battlefields, dreaming blood-spattered dreams of his ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Slow Emergencies

By Nancy Huston

The cover of Nancy Huston’s new release, Slow Emergencies, announces brazenly that she is the “Winner of the Governor General’s Award for Plainsong. Well. Sort of. This kind of truth-stretch will irk those who, when ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Goldberg Variations

By Nancy Huston

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

If Wishes Were Horses

By W.P. Kinsella

Continuing his series of bestselling baseball sagas, White Rock, B.C. writer W.P. Kinsella brings nomadic pitcher Joe McCoy to the role of protagonist. Romping from bed to bed, he flops through a career of eight ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Cereus Blooms at Night

By Shani Mootoo

Mala Ramchandin, an old woman living on the island of Lantanacamara, is brought to the Paradise Alms House one night under restraints. Her gay nurse, Tyler, relates the old woman’s scandalous history. Having just returned ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

★ Sunnybrook: A True Story with Lies…

By Persimmon Blackbridge

Until Sunnybrook, visual artist Persimmon Blackbridge wrote as part of a team, often exploring mental health and anti-censorship issues. Her co-authored books include Still Sane, the postcard book Drawing the Line: Lesbian Sexual Politics on ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Sleeping Weather

By Cary Fagan

Leon Stone, Cary Fagan’s leading man in Sleeping Weather, is a Toronto character who’s spent some time in Kingston penetentiary and who urgently wants an explanation for his childhood. Fagan gives him lots of emotional ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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