Fiction: Novels

The Man Who Saved Henry Morgan

From a contemporary Russian mail-order bride in The Culprits to a 1930s charlatan on the Mexican-American border in Dr. Brinkley’s Tower, Robert Hough’s novels reveal a capacity for carefully researched forays into strikingly esoteric areas. ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

At the Water’s Edge

By Sara Gruen

Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants, returns with her fifth novel, a tale of privilege, ambition, romance, and self-discovery set in the Scottish Highlands during the final year of the Second World War. For ... Read More »

March 30, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The Winter Family

By Clifford Jackman

The de-mythologizing of the Wild West in popular culture began with the Italian spaghetti westerns of the 1960s. These movies eschewed the idealized and heroic Hollywood vision of the West and instead emphasized violence, moral ... Read More »

March 26, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Night Stages

By Jane Urquhart

At the centre of Jane Urquhart’s new novel is Flight and Its Allegories, a mural painted by the Canadian artist Kenneth Lochhead for the airport in Gander, Newfoundland. This picture links the various time frames ... Read More »

March 19, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Cauchemar

By Alexandra Grigorescu

A veil between the living and the dead is lifted to chilling effect in Cauchemar, the eerie debut novel by Toronto writer Alexandra Grigorescu. Set at the edge of a swamp in present-day Louisiana, the ... Read More »

March 16, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Walking Man

By Paul Dore

Filmmaker and podcaster Paul Dore wants to tell the honest-to-goodness truth – by writing it as fiction. The Walking Man flirts with being a confessional chronicle, but, at its best moments, it becomes a globetrotting ... Read More »

March 11, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Signal to Noise

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

For her debut novel, Silvia Moreno-Garcia attempts to wed disparate literary genres. While not entirely successful, her efforts nonetheless signal a writer with evident gusto for complex storytelling. The first genre involves a character study ... Read More »

March 11, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Circle of Stones

By Suzanne Alyssa Andrew

The premise of Suzanne Alyssa Andrew’s debut novel is a familiar one: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy goes to great lengths to get girl back. Where Circle of Stones distinguishes itself from this ... Read More »

March 11, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Blown Red

By Susan Philpott

Signy Shepherd is a headstrong, impulsive employee of the Line, a kind of underground railroad that helps women in danger. And while her reckless personality may cause some trouble in her secretive profession, she serves ... Read More »

March 11, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Mountain Can Wait

By Sarah Leipciger

Sarah Leipciger, a native of Peterborough, Ontario, now living in London, U.K., starts off her debut novel with a literal bang: a young man accidentally hits a woman with his truck while driving on a ... Read More »

March 10, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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