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Apr 01, 2015Eosos rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book contains a single characters collection of emails telling his life story to a college friend. You only ever get one point of view on the events that unfold from his childhood to where he is now as an adult. I found this a very…
Mar 29, 2014LaRoyal rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The voice of the protagonist rings so true I can almost feel his sweaty presence. The author handles him with wonderful sensitivity and care, growing him from cornered animal to graceful maturity. A beautiful, insightful read. Loved it!
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Jun 28, 2013jkeefe12 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I picked this book on a whim and enjoyed the tale. The story and character evolve in an interesting way. A very good read.
Oct 11, 2012
Written by a female Canadian it's about a guy writing a letter to an old and ex friend trying to explain himself and why he was the kind of person he was. It's full of guy talk and male perspectives and teenage boys bullshitiing each…
Aug 06, 2012halgeon rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Hats off to Lynn Coady for expressing the male psyche so beautifully. A terrific book that lays bare how friendships form in one's teens and 20s, and evolve (or dissolve, as it were) as life moves on.
May 01, 2012Libarbarian rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A really clever, really readable and really good novel about writing and men and male relationships and society's expectations of men, especially "big men". Is there any female writer better than Coady at expressing the inner workings of…
Apr 11, 2012Ktownmessiah rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
A sassy yet inspirational yarn about a knitting group working on a wool banner for a hockey championship. Using a Rashomon-perspective, Coady digs into the group, until finally uncovering the secret that threatens to tear the banner…
technojoy
Oct 04, 2011
This may displace Strange Heaven as my favourite book by Lynn Coady. It's the kind of book that draws you into its world so that, on emerging, you're a bit disoriented, wanting to go back. Very well written, displaying the gift for…
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Sep 21, 2011Cdnbookworm rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is told in a series of emails from one man to another. Gordon Rankin (Rank) is nearly 40 and is led to begin these emails by coming across a book written by a man who he considered his closest friend 20 years earlier. Rank feels…
Sep 21, 2011ownedbydoxies rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
I started off really enjoying this book, but now, in the middle of it all, I'm getting a little bored by the endless ruminations of the main character and the dancing around the issues in his life which brought him to this place. Also,…
Sep 10, 2011
"The Antagonist is a fine novel about a crucial aspect of growing up: learning to resist the roles that others thrust upon us. Failure to do so can only result in waking up one day to find that, instead of protagonist, we have become the…