Awarding “the best” is always fraught with contention, as any avid sports fan will quickly tell you. Be it a Hall of Fame induction or an MVP honour, there is almost never universal agreement on any winner. The Baseball Hall of Fame, as it is well known, has never once had a unanimous inductee. Hell, […]
Poles Apart by Terry Fallis – review
This book, Terry Fallis’ latest, Poles Apart, had me in tears. Unfortunately those tears resulted from disappointment rather than the presumably preferred laughter, hardly the desired reaction by reader, of author, to a finalist of a major humour award such as The Leacock Medal. It’s been well over a week since I finished reading it […]
The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis – Review
Sometimes I discover a new author at the perfect time. On this particular occasion, it was finding Terry Fallis during the federal election here in Canada this past autumn via his debut novel The Best Laid Plans. The entire time I was reading this wonderfully farcical book I could not help fantasizing which of Stephen […]