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The Insolent Boy

By John D. Stiles

After earning a nasty reputation in his claustrophobic Nova Scotia home town, young Selwyn Davies runs off, like many a wandering, forever-unsatisfied protagonist before him, to earn a similar reputation around the world. The pace ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Exotic Dancers

By Gerald Lynch

On opening night at a strip club in the Troutstream Arms, a performer with the evocative name of Burnadette is nearly incinerated when her spectacular Joan of Arc routine goes awry. As the patrons gawk, ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Vinyl Cafe Diaries

By Stuart McLean

The lives and misadventures of Toronto record-store owner Dave, his wife Morley, and their children Stephanie and Sam are a Canadian institution both on the airwaves and in print. McLean’s style is characterized by a ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Abel’s Outback

By Allen Abel

I remember coming across the work of Allen Abel soon after the Globe and Mail posted him to China in 1983. His informative dispatches were written with quirky humour and a sideways way of seeing, ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Reference