A Casual Affair, Sylbia Fraser. McClelland and Stewart, 1978
The Colours of War, Matt Cohen. McClelland and Stewart, 1977/
reviews
The Spiral Stair, John Bentley Mays. Coach House Press, 1977.
John Bentley Mays' first novel, The Spiral Stair, is a difficult, often brilliant, sometimes confusing & highly disturbing fiction.
High Water Chants, Trevor Ferguson. Mcmillan, 1977.
True to its title, Ferguson's novel adheres faithfully to the mode of "chant."
Lost and Found
We are the Light Turning, Pier Giorgio DiCicco. Thunder City Press, 1976.
Girl in Gingham, John Metcalf. Oberon Press, 1978
One of Sigmund Freud's better known fantasies postulates that little girls are in general afflicted with a state of mind called "penis envy."
The Wars, Timothy Findley, Clarke, Irwin, 1977.
We no longer believe that some subject are more appropriate for literary treatment than others:
Close to the Sun Again, Marley Callaghan, Macmillan, 1977.
When we first met Ira Groome, the fifty-three year old protagonist of Callaghan's new novel, he has the pulsing vitality of a wax work replica of a cigar-store indian.
Brebeuf: A Martyrdom of jean De, Eldon Garnet. Press Porceptic, 1977.
Wrestling the angel, Stan Persky, Talonbooks, 1977.
In Transit, Eugene McNamara. The Pennyworth Press, 1975.
Screens, Eugene McNamara. The Coach House Press, 1977.
The Killing Room, Marilyn Browning, Sono Nis Press, 1977.
Two Kinds of Honey, Rosemary Aubert, Oberon Press, 1977.
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