Reviews

Big Man Coming Down the Road

The new novel from Brad Smith is the kind of fast-paced, plot-rich book that begs to be called, in all earnestness, a rollicking good time. In fact, it captures the excitement of its characters’ lives ... Read More »

January 15, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Bow Grip

By Ivan E. Coyote

There are many reasons why stories told from the perspective of teens and early twentysomethings can falter in the eyes of older readers. When you’re young, life is full of superlatives, everything seems exciting and ... Read More »

January 11, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

God of the Plains

By Gail Robinson

The press release for Gail Robinson’s God of the Plains says that its main character is Emma, a girl born in Saskatchewan in the 1930s. That isn’t true, and therein lies both the strength and ... Read More »

January 11, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Daaku

By Ranj Dhaliwal

Daaku (Punjabi for “outlaw”) is the ultra-violent, profanity-laced account of the life of Rupinder (“Ruby”) Singh Pandher, the second of five children of a devoted mother and abusive father. Like Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s ... Read More »

January 11, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Three Nights in Havana: Pierre Trudeau, Fidel Castro and the Cold War World

By Robert Wright

It is either a coincidence or a quirk of the zeitgeist that two of the best recent books of popular history deal with issues of diplomacy between the West and the communist world in the ... Read More »

January 2, 2007 | Filed under: History

Full Circle: Death and Resurrection in Canadian Conservative Politics

By Bob Plamondon

Now that the political right in Canada has been united, and the cottage industry of National Post op-eds on that topic is no longer necessary, a new, triumphant phase of right-wing self-examination is upon us.New ... Read More »

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Long Road Back: The Conservative Journey, 1993–2006

By Hugh Segal

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Doubting Yourself to the Bone

By Thomas Trofimuk

Doubting Yourself to the Bone, Thomas Trofimuk’s second novel (after his award-winning The 52nd Poem), follows main character Ronin Bruce through an eventful two years. Ronin is surprised when his partner, Moira, tells him she’s ... Read More »

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Nixon in China: The Week That Changed the World

By Margaret MacMillan

“May the day of judging President Nixon on anything less than his entire life and career come to a close.” This was the gist of Bill Clinton’s generous (and politically savvy) eulogy at the 1994 ... Read More »

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: History

The Endless Knot

By Gail Bowen

The Endless Knot is the 10th novel in Gail Bowen’s mystery series featuring Joanne Kilbourn. Anyone who thought the city of Regina did not possess sufficient fodder for murder and mystery has officially been proven ... Read More »

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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