Monthly Archives: January 2022

El Akkad, Omar. What Strange Paradise. McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 2021. F;2/22. This won the prestigious Canadian Giller prize for 2021 and I read it after The Listeners, one of the other shortlisted ones and was surprised, because of apparently … Continue reading →

James, Henry. The Golden Bowl. Scribner, New York (Methuen, London) 1904. F; 12/21. O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! – Walter Scott, Marmion (1808) Henry James was one of the nicest old ladies … Continue reading →

January 2022 I think this is the first restaurant in Sechelt I’ve found with what I’d call serious-quality food. It’s a cozy little place in the abbreviated strip mall approached via the Highway just south of Claytons supermarket. A very … Continue reading →