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META
A Bit of Seasonal Goodness
Posted 21 December, 2007 in Book Reviews |
Since it’s the season of goodwill, and given that my encounter with the Giller shortlist might have left all you dedicated TSR readers (both you dedicated TSR readers?) with the impression that I thought this year in CanLit really, well … um … sucked, I thought I’d point you in the direction of two collections of short stories by young Canadian writers that are well worth checking out.
Matt Shaw’s The Obvious Child is a rarity in CanLit: an anti-naturalistic, Borgesian collection of fables and philosophical detective stories. Andrew Hood’s collection, Pardon Our Monsters, is more immediately recognizable vis à vis the CanLit short fiction template, but is nevertheless a strong first collection.
You can find my reviews of both these books online, here.