Reviews

Love and the Mess We’re In

Toronto author Stephen Marche’s yen for formal experimentation and elaborate wordplay are on florid display in his new novel. Behind the book’s typographical flourishes lies a compact consideration of love lost and found that might ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The World Is Moving Around Me: A Memoir of the Haiti Earthquake

By Dany Laferrière; David Homel, trans.

On Jan. 12, 2010, Montreal journalist and novelist Dany Laferrière was having dinner with a friend at a Port au Prince hotel when he heard what he thought was a “terrible explosion.” What he actually ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Thunder Road

By Chadwick Ginther

The debut novel from Winnipeg writer and bookseller (and frequent Q&Q reviewer) Chadwick Ginther starts with a bang – literally. A cataclysmic explosion at a facility in the Alberta oil sands leaves hundreds dead and ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Crimes of Hector Tomás

By Ian Colford

As a novelist, Ian Colford is a great short-story writer. The author of the 2008 story collection Evidence, which was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Award and won the Margaret and John Savage First Book ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The House on Sugarbush Road

By Meira Cook

Winnipeg poet Méira Cook’s debut novel focuses on South Africa’s volatile post-apartheid climate through the stories of two fatefully intertwined families: the wealthy but failing Du Plessis clan, represented by Dr. Benjamin Du Plessis, and ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Imperfections

By Bradley Somer

As they say in the fashion world, if you’ve got it, flaunt it. In this sharp, ribald, and surprisingly moving debut novel, Bradley Somer shows he has it and definitely flaunts it. Imperfections is a ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Scottish Banker of Surabaya

By Ian Hamilton

Now five books in, Toronto writer Ian Hamilton’s thriller series featuring Hong Kong–born, Toronto-based accountant Ava Lee has carved out a devoted following. Part of its appeal is due to a twice-yearly release schedule, which ... Read More »

February 19, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

S.E.C.R.E.T.

By L. Marie Adeline

E.L. James has a lot to answer for. After turning what began as Twilight fan fiction into the fastest-selling paperback series of all time, James convinced publishers there was an eager market for her brand ... Read More »

February 11, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Wide World in Celebration and Sorrow: Acts of Kamikaze Fiction

By Leon Rooke

Wide World in Celebration and Sorrow is the latest addition to Leon Rooke’s impressive oeuvre. The 20 stories that comprise Wide World are diverse in character and setting, though unified in the outlandishness of their ... Read More »

February 4, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Art of Sufficient Conclusions

By Sarah Dearing

Fathers are complicated creatures, absentee fathers in particular. The daughters they leave behind often attempt to define themselves within the context of an absence, resulting in bad relationship choices, insecurities, and an insufferable state of ... Read More »

January 21, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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