Steven Galloway’s Cellist
Another quickie: Steven Galloway’s The Cellist of Sarajevo. I’ll admit that while this has been on my horizon for a couple of years, I was deterred somewhat by the positive response to a book about…
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Elizabeth George’s This Body of Death
I’m behind again, so will only say of Elizabeth George’s This Body of Death that it is complex and satisfying and, ultimately, quite sad. Her novels generally offer social commentary although I’ve never found this…
View PostMiguel Syjuco’s Ilustrado
Miguel Syjuco’s Ilustrado, which won the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize, has been widely acclaimed. Charles Foran’s review in the Globe and Mail convinced me to read it, and I must agree with much of…
View PostBijaboji — A Spectacular Rowed Trip
I won’t say you can’t possibly understand how I felt when my mother arrived for a three-day stay here without a book to read. But you, of course, weren’t there each afternoon all those decades…
View PostSensational Historical Adventure!
A happy surprise for me earlier this summer was having a should-read turn out to be a considerable pleasure. I had put the heftily-titled In the Wake of the War Canoe: A Stirring Record of…
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