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Pig Iron

By Paul Davies

Pig Iron, by Ontario writer and ECW designer Paul Davies, is the story of a car, a 31-foot crimson streamliner that may set a new wheel-driven, land-speed world record in 1968. During its design, construction, ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Tree Fever

By Karen Hood-Caddy

In her debut novel, Tree Fever, Ontario writer Karen Hood-Caddy dramatizes the activism and commitment to nature that defines the Canadian environmental movement. The novel is set in Muskoka, Ontario, where Hood-Caddy, a social worker who ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Landed

By Rita Donovan

Ottawa writer Rita Donovan’s previous novels, Dark Jewels and Daisy Circus, broke through the small press ranks to win media praise and regional book prizes. Her third, Landed, displays a mature narrative confidence, using an ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Dry Spell

By Susie Moloney

The term “novelization” has, over the past decade or so, taken its place in the vocabulary of late 20th century pseudo-literary terminology. It refers to those books that retell the story of a Hollywood movie. ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Underpainter

By Jane Urquhart

Few participants in the First World War remain to swear to its authentic details. Many contemporary novelists propose versions, lest we forget or never know. These writers – Booker-winner Pat Barker is one – allow ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Déjà Dead

By Kathy Reichs

As a forensic anthropologist who goes beyond the call of duty to solve crimes, Kathy Reichs’ character Temperance Brennan draws inevitable comparisons to Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta. But Reichs’ hard-hitting prose and graphic descriptions of ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels