★ When Is a Man

Impotence is very hard to capture in fiction. Notwithstanding Martin Amis’s famous line about trying to squeeze an oyster into a parking meter, the effects of erectile difficulties on one’s sex life rarely make it ... Read More »

June 25, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Rise and Fall of Great Powers

By Tom Rachman

Every so often, a novel comes along that is technically imperfect, but highly enjoyable nonetheless. Tom Rachman’s second effort falls into this category. With The Rise and Fall of Great Powers, the Vancouver-raised author, who ... Read More »

June 25, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Polyamorous Love Song

By Jacob Wren

In a letter to a friend, Franz Kafka once wrote, “I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us. If the book we are reading doesn’t shake us awake like a ... Read More »

June 16, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Based on a True Story

By Elizabeth Renzetti

Based on a True Story is Globe and Mail columnist Elizabeth Renzetti’s debut novel, the premise of which promises a fun romp through the harsh light of celebrity, crumbling newspaper journalism, the salve of intoxicants, ... Read More »

June 9, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Planet Lolita

By Charles Foran

As befits the allusion in its title, Charles Foran’s fourth novel is anything but prosaic. Planet Lolita examines the ethical grey area of language and meaning online, and the complexity of personal relationships in a ... Read More »

June 2, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Just Beneath My Skin

By Darren Greer

For a book that runs barely more than 200 pages, and is constructed of chapters seldom longer than a page or two, Just Beneath My Skin manages to compress a lot of big themes into ... Read More »

May 26, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Crimes Against My Brother

By David Adams Richards

Over his long career, David Adams Richards has carved out a unique body of work, in the process developing a form of literary expressionism that illuminates the moral depths – and depravity – of several ... Read More »

May 22, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab

By Shani Mootoo

What does it mean to be a man? How do we tell our most intimate stories? In her provocative, sophisticated fourth novel, Shani Mootoo addresses these questions while reflecting on notions of home, identity, and ... Read More »

May 12, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Age

By Nancy Lee

In 2002, Nancy Lee’s Dead Girls, a collection of dark, chilling stories exploring the lives of murdered teens and lost women in Vancouver, thrilled critics here and abroad. Twelve years later, Lee returns with a ... Read More »

May 8, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Smoke River

By Krista Foss

The best books destroy you, overwhelm you with deep feelings – despair, anger, love, defiance, frustration, yearning, bitterness, pain. In her debut novel, former journalist and two-time Journey Prize finalist Krista Foss elicits precisely this ... Read More »

May 5, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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