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An unresolved family tragedy is the subject of this historical novel by the victim’s great-grandson, Robert James, a retired Ontario teacher. In 1832, a well-respected New Brunswick farmer, William Fawcett, was shot through the window ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Kingless Land: A Tale of the Band of Four

By Ed Greenwood

Ontario librarian Ed Greenwood is already famous for creating The Forgotten Realms, a hugely popular fantasy role-playing game. He’s now branched out into sword-and-sorcery fiction, and The Kingless Land is his first book of a ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Divided Passions

By Michelle Tisseyre

Those who like their history light and their romance frothy will love Divided Passions by Michelle Tisseyre. The book spans 12 years in the life of the daughter of an MP from Quebec’s Gaspé region ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Permanence

By Karl Schroeder

In Toronto sci-fi writer Karl Shroeder’s follow-up to Ventus, his highly acclaimed debut novel, young Rue Cassels is on the run from her abusive brother. Fleeing from a colonial outpost of the sunless Halo-Worlds, she ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Crimes of War: A Novel

By Peter Hogg

From the first chilling sentence, “My past is a shallow grave,” Peter Hogg’s debut novel, Crimes of War, is a riveting read – at times funny, at times harrowing. Hogg, a criminal prosecutor in Vancouver, ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Fiend in Human

By John MacLachlan Gray

The place to be this spring is in the back of a hansom cab, not only taking in the teeming streets of Victorian London but also having sex. And unfamiliar, disturbing sex at that. In ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

An Inexplicable Story: The Narrative of Questus Firmus Siculus

By Josef Skvorecky

In his slim new novel, Josef Skvorecky riffs on a pair of historian’s hobby horses: the mysterious exile and disappearance of legendary sex poet Ovid, and the argument that the Romans might have invented steam ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Glass Coffin: A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery

By Gail Bowen

The difference between tough-but-tender female crimebusters and their busybodyish counterparts (think Angela Lansbury in Murder She Wrote) comes down to how they handle their beverages. Thick-skinned lady detectives tend to spend at least one rainy ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Ten Thousand Lovers

By Edeet Ravel

Edeet Ravel’s debut novel, Ten Thousand Lovers, is a stunning book, a must-read for anyone who likes a love story and who cares about justice, humanity, and the state of the world. The time is ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Last Crossing

By Guy Vanderhaeghe

The Last Crossing, Guy Vanderhaeghe’s seventh work of fiction, rewalks the landscape of 1996’s The Englishman’s Boy. We are back in Fort Benton, snugged up against a tributary of the muddy Missouri, the whiskey posts ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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