HELLGOING
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One of the hallmarks of Lynn Coady’s work is her shrewd examination of the underexplored byways of human psychology. Coady is a writer who increasingly commands attention and respect.
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Jeet Heer
WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE FOR FICTION
THE ANTAGONIST
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Only a writer as wonderfully gifted as Lynn Coady could elicit such extraordinary sympathy for a man as full of self-destructive rage as Rank, her main character. You won’t soon forget this haunting novel.
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RICHARD RUSSO
Shortlisted for the Giller Prize, 2011
MEAN BOY
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Coady's portrayal of the jealous tenuousness of friendship, the in-fighting and fierce competitions of the literary world is daring and brilliant... Mean Boy is a tour de force.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
SAINTS OF BIG HARBOUR
Coady not only understands the passions and impulses of small-town life; she feels the comedy too.
THE GUARDIAN/OBSERVER
PLAY THE MONSTER BLIND
Coady entertains, dazzles, instructs. Her stories manage to do what stories do best: get at that bright kernel of things and vibrate in the imagination like light-shot gems.
THE TORONTO STAR
STRANGE HEAVEN
Cape Breton humour at its blackest, most profane and politically incorrect best.
THE CHRONICLE HERALD
Winner of the Air Canada Award and shortlisted for the
Governor-General's Award, 1998
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