A very subtle and funny writer - one I've become obsessed with over the past year - in a decidedly Muriel Spark mood. Imagine The Pr...

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    Mark Steyn is a dangerous idiot with a suspiciously homophobic streak for a bearded, show tunes-loving man who is drawn to big, strong, auth...
  • Banal conquers all
    August over at Vestige.org has posted a long and very complimentary review/essay about my novel that morphs into a defense of the boring ol...
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    My review of André Alexis's Beauty & Sadness gets the full-page + cartoon treatment in the Toronto Star . A wee taste: It’s hard no...