New Canadian Fiction - October 2007


 

The Culprits

The Culprits
by Robert Hough



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Told by one of the most unusual and fascinating narrators in fiction, The Culprits takes us on a mystical, manic ride along the fraying line between good and evil. The result is a heartbreaking story of a group of strangers living worlds apart who find themselves, with the help of a few common culprits, closer than they ever dreamed they could be.

Late Nights on Air

Late Nights on Air

by Elizabeth Hay



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Harry Boyd, a hard-bitten refugee from failure in Toronto television, has returned to a small radio station in the Canadian North. There, in Yellowknife, in the summer of 1975, he falls in love with a voice on air, though the real woman, Dido Paris, is both a surprise and even more than he imagined.

The Architects are Here

The Architects are Here


by Michael Winter



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Michael Winter's eagerly anticipated new novel The Architects are Here features the unexpected return of Gabriel English, the popular and controversial protagonist of three of his previous
critically acclaimed books.

Late Nights on Air

Spanish
Fly


by Will Ferguson



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A pair of fast-talking swindlers named Virgil
and Miss Rose blow through town, Jack falls in with them instead. Together,
they go on a crime spree across the Southwest, staging a series of inventive
and often hilarious cons, while sexual tension between Jack and Miss Rose grows
... Someone is being set up.

Late Nights on Air

The Twice
Born


by Pauline Gedge



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An ingenious and suspenseful novel of ancient
Egypt, The Twice Born is a treat for all fans of historical
or fantasy fiction.

Late Nights on Air

Fault
Lines


by Nancy Huston



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Told through the eyes of four six-year-old
children, each telling the history of one family, from present day California
working backwards to the Holocaust era. With each successive child narrator,
the reader moves closer to the family secret at the heart of Fault Lines.


Late Nights on Air

Remembering
the Bones


by Frances Itani



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Jacket Notes:

Frances Itani has given us an insightful,
moving and beautifully written novel, fanciful and profound by turns.
Remembering the Bones goes deeply into the life of an ordinary
person who, in her instincts to survive, becomes extraordinary.

Late Nights on Air

We are
not in Pakistan


by Shauna Singh Baldwin



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Each containing an entire world, these stories
are marked by indelible images and unforgettable turns of phrase -- hallmarks
of Baldwin's fictional world.


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