This short story collection was nominated for the Giller Prize. Set in and around Vancouver, Ontarian (Ontarioite?) author English uses Vancouver itself as a character, with mixed results. As with any collection of short stories, some are better than others. And like most contemporary Canadian literature, there is an edge to most of these stories.

I have to say that this volume, which was published by Porcupine's Quill, has some of the nicest paper I've come across in a book in ages. Luxurious! ( )

I enjoyed a few of the stories, but none of them were particularly powerfull - they didn't really leave me wanting more. ( )