Archive for May, 2006

Hopeful Monsters

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Hiromi Goto ISBN: 1551521571

There are eleven mostly odd stories in this collection. I mean that in a good way. Reading so many stories with unapologetically Canadian (folks wear toques, not winter

The Cripple and His Talismans

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

by Anosh Irani ISBN: 1551928035

Irani knows how to set up a story:

There will be magic, poverty, thievery, music, pollution, dancing, murder, and lust and very little prayer.

His novel, set in a