Issues
December 2007
Cover art and pictures throughout the issue by Kevin Sylvester
Kevin Sylvester is an author, illustrator and broadcaster who lives in Toronto. His children’s book Sports Hall of Weird was named a Silver Birch Honour book in 2006. The sequel, Gold Medal for Weird, has just been published. If you would like to hire him, his website is http://sylvesterartwork.googlepages.com.
Great Disappointments
Ten LRC contributors warn of “classic” books with over-sized reputations.
Andrew Potter , Esi Edugyan , Janice Gross Stein , Keith Oatley , Marian Botsford Fraser , Mark Anthony Jarman , Mark F. Proudman , Reed Scowen , Rex Murphy and Suanne KelmanA Satisfying Read
Canadians have gotten their money’sworth from Mulroney, then and now
Barbara McDougallThe Would-Be Transformer
A portrait of Mulroney as a man whose ambitions exceeded his abilities
Anthony Westell
Monumental or Vainglorious?
An examination of the Mormon attempt to catalogue the human race
Salem Alaton
The Novel as Matryoshka Doll
A story within a story about a Russian bride for a Canadian boy
Larry KrotzAssault on a Bibliophile’s Brain
A rare condition attacks—but doesn’t defeat—a popular mystery writer
Keath Fraser