Fiction: Novels

★ Stray Love

The title of Toronto writer Kyo Maclear’s second novel provides many clues as to what’s between the covers: over the course of the story, love strays, lovers stray, and strays are loved. These are just ... Read More »

February 27, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Placebo Effect

By David Rotenberg

With The Placebo Effect, Toronto writer and theatre professional David Roten-berg delivers an effective, if somewhat workmanlike, thriller possessed of an enthralling undercurrent that allows it to transcend its genre and shine on its own ... Read More »

February 13, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Red Means Run

By Brad Smith

No disrespect is intended in saying that this book, announced as the first in a new series featuring rugged handyman and amateur sleuth Virgil Cain, reads like the tenth. Brad Smith, former railway signalman, bartender, ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Indian Horse

By Richard Wagamese

It’s easy to declare yourself conversant with the details and scope of a social or political issue after watching a few news reports and reading a column or two on the subject. A case in ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Halbman Steals Home

By B. Glen Rotchin

B. Glen Rotchin has published poetry and criticism, edited a pair of award-winning poetry anthologies, and was nominated for the 2005 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award for his fiction debut, The Rent Collector. Like ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Prick: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist

By Ashley Little

No longer the exclusive realm of outlaws, bikers, or jailbirds, tattoos are a rite of passage for many people. The role of the tattoo artist lies somewhere between that of a bartender and shaman: they ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Cannibal Spirit

By Harry Whitehead

George Hunt, the protagonist of British author Harry Whitehead’s debut novel, makes quite a first impression: “Disgusting orgies? I am guilty of it all. Blood dripping off my godless fangs, black in the flame-light roaring ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Maleficium

By Martine Desjardins; Fred A. Reed and David Homel, trans.

In French, the word ru means a small stream or, figuratively, a flow. In Vietnamese, ru is a lullaby. Kim Thúy establishes the disparate meanings of this single syllable as the launching point for a ... Read More »

February 6, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Ru

By Kim Thúy; Sheila Fischman, trans.

February 6, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Dr. Brinkley’s Tower

By Robert Hough

Robert Hough returns to historical fiction for his fourth novel, a cautionary tale set in Corazón de la Fuente, a Mexican border town where the dust of revolution has not quite settled. The plot involves ... Read More »

January 30, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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