2012
Requiem
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In 1997, Binosuki Okuma, an artist living in Ottawa, hears from his sister in Winnipeg. She implores him to visit “First Father,” who is ...Read Review
The Daylight Gate
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This is a short novel about the infamous hunting down and trial of the Lancashire witches in 1612. Jeanette Winterson admits to being fairly ...Read Review
Fortune’s Fool
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This was my first introduction to David Blixt’s novels – and I can see what all the fuss is about – I loved it! ...Read Review
The Colour of Milk
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“the story begins in the year of eighteen hundred and thirty. the years are of the lord.” And so begins the story of ...Read Review
Kiku’s Prayer
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Anyone familiar with Asian literature knows of Shūsaku Endō’s famous novel, Silence, which described the phenomenal faith and persecution of the ...Read Review
Colossus: Stone & Steel
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This is the first of a planned series of four novels set at the time of the first Jewish-Roman war. As the story ...Read Review
Daniel Stein, Interpreter: A Novel in Documents
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The phenomenal story of Holocaust survivor Oswald Rufeisen is fictionalized in Ulitskaya’s Daniel Stein, Interpreter. Rufeisen was able to save the lives ...Read Review
The Daughters of Gentlemen
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The strength, and possibly also the weakness, of this Victorian mystery lies in its intricate plotting. From the unpromising start of a minor ...Read Review
Maria’s Papers
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The complicated history of the Chance family is revealed in this dual-time historical narrative which exposes the treacherous history of murder, intrigue, and ...Read Review
Best Kept Secret: The Clifton Chronicles, Book III
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One has to admire a man who not only does it all but also lives to write about it. Archer’s series, The ...Read Review
