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BOOK REVIEWS

★ Fidelity

By Michael Redhill

Michael Redhill’s literary trajectory from poet to playwright to fiction writer is a common enough pattern in this country, but his level of accomplishment is exceptional. Short-listed for a Governor General’s Award in 2001 for ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

A Good Man

By Cynthia Holz

It is the year 1989, and Izzy Schneider, age 78, has flown back to Toronto from his bungalow in Florida to attend the funeral of his best friend Phil Lewis (born Fishel Lubinsky), age 66, ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Corner Garden

By Lesley Krueger

A novel narrated by a 15-year-old girl is an obvious candidate for young adult readers, and Lesley Krueger’s third novel, The Corner Garden, has strong crossover potential. Anyone offering this rich, complex novel to a ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Storm-blast

By Curtis Parkinson

If you are being attacked by a shark, hit it on the nose: it’s a useful piece of advice if you’re cast adrift in an open dinghy in the Caribbean. Ontario author Curtis Parkinson hasn’t ... Read More »

November 26, 2003

Dog Days

By Becky Citra

Gramp is a card-playing fanatic and the proud owner of a cranky mutt named Grit. His grandson Brady, on the other hand, has a strong dislike of dogs. When Brady’s mom decides to move her ... Read More »

November 26, 2003

Charlie Wilcox’s Great War

By Sharon E. McKay

Seventeen-year-old Charlie Wilcox has returned at last to his tiny Newfoundland fishing village, Brigus, bearing the physical and emotional scars of his experiences in the Great War. In the three years since he first stowed ... Read More »

November 26, 2003

★ Skud

By Dennis Foon

An instant page-turner, Skud launches itself like a testosterone missile, not letting up until it lands on the very last page. We follow the trajectory of four emotionally misshapen boys in a story expertly blocked ... Read More »

November 26, 2003