The Exile & the Sacred Travellers

There’s a tempation, once a writer becomes an icon, to publish anything they have written. Unfortunately, The Exile & the Sacred Travellers by Marie-Claire Blais gives in to that temptation. The book’s nine stories and ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Good Body

By Bill Gaston

Bob “Loose” Bonaduce returns to Fredericton, New Brunswick, to play on the same hockey team as his son, whom he abandoned 20 years ago. Loose, 40, is spurred on by his multiple sclerosis, which may ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Kidnap

By L. R. Wright

L.R. Wright’s 14th novel, Kidnap, touted as the first in a new series featuring RCMP Sergeant Edwina (Eddie) Henderson, is a low-key, low-energy, non-thriller.A middle-aged couple rent a secluded house near Sechelt on B.C.’s Sunshine ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Double Negative

By Leona Gom

Once upon a time a mystery was a mystery. Readers could count on a crime (hopefully, nothing too suggestive of real life), a handful of suspects, a crime-solver (typically an isolated fantasy figure), a few ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Death at Windsor Castle

By C. C. Benison

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Ukrainian Wedding

By Larry Warwaruk

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Hoot to Kill

By Karen Dudley

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Sounding the Blood

By Amanda Hale

Amanda Hale’s training as a poet shows in her debut novel, Sounding the Blood, a finely woven tale of five lives lived at a remote whaling station in 1915. The training is there in the ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The God Who Begat a Jackal

By Nega Mezlekia

In a fantastic version of 19th-century Ethiopia, the rich and powerful Count Ashenafi petitions God for a child, resulting in the birth of a daughter, Aster. In an effort to protect her, Count Ashenafi seals ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Drink the Sky

By Lesley Krueger

In Lesley Krueger’s Drink the Sky, part carefully wrought thriller, part eco-excursion into the heart of darkness, a young Canadian woman struggles with questions of identity against the backdrop of modern Brazil. While her environmentalist ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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