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Chocolate Mousse and Sexy Waitresses

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Wandering Souls in Paradise Lost, by Hélène Rioux, Cormorant Books

by Francine Diot-Layton
07.03.2011

Of the many paradises Hélène Rioux explores in Wandering Souls in Paradise Lost, she omits one: settling down by the fire on a cold winter’s night with a good book. With Wandering Souls – the second of planned tetralogy “Fragments of the World,” the accomplished award-winning poet, translator and novelist (Wandering Souls is her seventh [...]

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Ode on a Dead Thing

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Song of the Taxidermist, by Aurian Haller, Goose Lane Editions

by Abby Paige
06.03.2011

Who is more attuned to the details of his art than the taxidermist? Life is not in the body’s overall fact but its odd postures and subtleties of expression, the animating powers of its inhabitant. Despite its Victorian creepiness, there is something naïve and optimistic about taxidermy: its sincere wish to interrupt inevitable decay, to [...]

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Fragments of Montreal Life, Lovingly Rendered

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Suddenly Something Happened, by Jimmy Beaulieu, Conundrum Press

by Megan Stewart
01.03.2011

Wine-soaked summer nights on a Plateau balcony, strangers brought together by snowstorms, the sidewalk ballet of attractive and eccentric, graceful and occasionally unruly characters – Jimmy Beaulieu lovingly renders these fragments of Montreal life in pencil and ink on the pages of his newest graphic novel, Suddenly Something Happened.

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If You Don’t Make a Noise

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Lives Whole and Otherwise, by H. Nigel Thomas, TSAR

by Alice Petersen
28.02.2011

H. Nigel Thomas’ collection of short stories, Lives Whole and Otherwise, is not a book to curl up with under the duvet.  These are spiky, uncomfortable tales that will leave you with your eyes wide open to the difficulties of being a Black immigrant in Montreal.

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Of Deep Respect and Unfulfilled Potential

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Of Water and Rock, by Thomas Armstrong, DC Books

by B. A. Markus
20.02.2011

Book reviewers know better than anyone that behind every great book there’s a great editor. A literary editor works behind the scenes to help a novel reach its full potential, but there is rarely any glory or ego-stroking for the editor. There is just the satisfaction of a job well done and hopefully a heartfelt [...]

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A Sweeping Family Saga, Deeply Connected

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Come Again No More, by Jack Todd, Simon & Schuster

by Neil MacRae
13.02.2011

Years ago, Eli Paint banished his daughter Velma from his 8T8 Ranch with her infant, child of one of his hired hands.  He is confronted with his granddaughter Emeline, now a young woman, at her mother’s funeral.  Afterward, Eli drives Emeline to the house she and her kid brother Bobby share with another waitress from the [...]

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Around Montreal in 80 Years

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You Could Lose an Eye: My First 80 Years in Montreal, by David Reich, Baraka Books

by B. A. Markus
23.01.2011

Digital technology and a demographic boom for the over-sixty set has meant a deluge of memoirs written by retirees with literary aspirations, like David Reich, author of You Could Lose an Eye. I had high hopes for You Could Lose an Eye. According to the press release, the book provides “… an insider’s view of [...]

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