OUT OF THE BLUE By Jan Wong Self-published by Jan Wong, distributed by Dundurn 264 pages, $21.99, paperback Reviewed by Brian Brennan Jan Wong was a star of The Globe and Mail newsroom, a driven, gutsy, award-winning reporter who observed the Tiananmen Square massacre at first hand, and tested the limits of Canada’s airport security […]
Nino Ricci’s dead end
THE ORIGIN OF SPECIESBy Nino RicciDoubleday Canada496 pages, $34.95 Review by Frank Moher Alex Fratarcangeli, the central character in Nino Ricci’s new novel, teaches Canadian literature, but that doesn’t mean he has to like it. A good little academic, he uses as his chief reference Margaret Atwood’s Survival, in which she confirms that “Yes, Canadian […]
