Montreal Review of Books: Spring and Summer 2003

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Twelfth issue
Volume 6, No. 2

features

The Fine (and Dying) Art Of Travel
By Ian McGillis

The Loser's Advocate
By Joel Yanokfsky

The Poetry Of Second Thoughts
By Carmine Starnino

fiction

A Fine Passage
Reviewed by X.. I. Selene

Blues From The Malabar Coast
Reviewed by Jill Rollins

Hovering World
Reviewed by Poppy Wilkinson

My Own Devices
Reviewed by Noel Rieder

Taproot Ii: Prose And Images From The Eastern Townships
Reviewed by Lucille King-Edwards

Ten Thousand Lovers
Reviewed by Edward Smith

Helen With A Secret And Other Stories
Reviewed by X. I. Selene

Wound Ballistics
Reviewed by Kim Bourgeois

Jerusalem: Snapshots From A Distance
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

non-fiction

Etty: The Letters And Diaries Of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943
Reviewed by Mark Heffernan

Cyclops: Contemporary Canadian Narrative Art
Reviewed by Phil Hawes

From The Japanese: A Journalist's Encounters
Reviewed by Linda Ghan

Sheila's Take
Reviewed by Mary Soderstrom

Shall We Dance?: A Patriotic Politics For Canada
Reviewed by Kenneth Alan Milkman, Ph.D

Russia Between Yesterday And Tomorrow
Reviewed by Louise Abbott

The Anarchist & The Devil Do Cabaret
Reviewed by Matt Huculak

non-fiction at a glance

A Short History Of Quebec (third Edition)
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Cheap Thrills Montreal
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Smart Shopping Montreal
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Beyond The Mountain: True Tales About Montreal
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

That's The Way The Cookie Crumbles
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

poetry

Throw The Captain Overboard!
Reviewed by Adrienne Ho

Antimatter
Reviewed by Adrienne Ho

The Way Life Should Be
Reviewed by Bert Almon

How We Play At It: A List
Reviewed by Bert Almon

Calling Home
Reviewed by Bert Almon

One Building In The Earth
Reviewed by Bert Almon

young readers

Breaking Free: The Story Of William Kurelek
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

The Best Book Of Bikes
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Funky Junk: Cool Stuff To Make With Hardware
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Make Things Happen: The Key To Networking For Teens
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

What's The Matter With Albert? A Story Of Albert Einstein
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Where's Pup?
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

But If They Do
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Sam Finds A Monster
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Pizza For Sam
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Sinbad's Secret
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Max The Mighty Superhero
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Max The Movie Director
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

The Rainmaker
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

How Hot Was It?
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Muscular Prose

Neale Mcdevitt's Tales From Ndg

By Joel Yanokfsky

If you've spent any time in NDG, particularly the less gentrified part south of Monkland Village commonly nicknamed "No Damn Good,... READ MORE

Travel Fatigue

Taras Grescoe's The End Of Elsewhere Explores The Downside Of Seeing The World

By Ian McGillis

New Document "The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his own room." Blaise Pasc... READ MORE

Love And Indecision

Poet Susan Gillis Returns With Volta

By Carmine Starnino

New Document Volta begins with the warning of "widespread damage." It's never made clear what the damage is, but the calamito... READ MORE

We wish to thank the Canada Council for the Arts, the Department of Canadian Heritage (BPIDP), and SODEC for their generous support, without which this publication would not exist.

Montreal Review of Books is published bi-annually by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec. Co-Editor: Margaret Goldik Co-Editor: Ian McGillis Designer: David LeBlanc Advertising Manager: Michael Wile