Sharon Morrisey

Nov 1, 2023 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Sharon Morrisey |Ian McGillis |Nadia Trudel |Alexandra Trnka

The aloofness of the American cowboy permeates the personality of CIA agent Raymond Daly, protagonist of Luke Francis Beirne’s Blacklion. Except Beirne’s novel is not set in the Wild West, but in Ireland, right at the northern border, during the time of the Troubles.

Aug 1, 2023 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Emily Mernin |Eve Thomas |Ian McGillis |Sharon Morrisey

A review of Because by Andrew Steinmetz Published on August 1, 2023 Andrew Steinmetz’s Because is a novel about music. Montreal bands and journalists drift in and out of characters’ mouths, real venues rise and fall in the distance, and an image emerges of the city’s underground music scene during the ’80s and ’90s..

Jul 5, 2023 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Sharon Morrisey |Val Rwigema |Dana Bath |Meaghan Thurston

A review of Everything is Ori by Paul Serge Forest Published on July 5, 2023 Some novels require the reader to stretch their mind to grasp what, exactly, they are reading. Paul Serge Forest’s first novel, Everything is Ori, is one of these.