Toxic Masculinity at the Cemetery

A review of Close to Home, by Michael Magee // Guest blog by Norm Sigurdson Now in retirement and living in Calgary, voluminous reader Norm Sigurdson shares book reviews on Facebook which we are pleased to re-publish here, with permission and encouragement, on this blog. Enjoy. I just read Irish writer Michael Magee’s bleak semi-autobiographical... Continue Reading →

A New Book, by a famously horrible person

A guest review by Norman Sigurdson I just read Richard Ford’s fifth (and presumably final) novel centred on the New Jersey real estate salesman Frank Bascombe: “Be Mine: A Frank Bascombe Novel,” and it is a wonderful achievement. Ford is a towering figure in American fiction, and Bascombe is one of his greatest creations. I... Continue Reading →

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