It's as if he's transplanted a group of rough-edged, foul-mouthed "folk" from reality TV to the printed page and completely blown off the shallowness and the stereotypes attached to them. His characters are individuals with beating hearts and wounded histories and sentimental hopes for the future. Before long, we sink unresistingly into their stories.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
AWOT in the The Vancouver Sun
AWOT reviewed by MAC Farrant:
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