Author Archives: John Sloan

Boyle, T C. The Tortilla Curtain. Penguin New York, 1995. F; 11/22. I think this is the third book I’ve read by this author and I’ve reviewed two of them. Boyle is incredibly prolific, 12 short story collections and 18 … Continue reading →

Zevin, Gabrielle. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Penguin Random House, New York, 2022. F; 10/22. This story is a real find and so is the author. Thanks, Johanna, for lighting the way. Zevin is a Harvard English graduate and this … Continue reading →

Spivack, Kathleen. Unspeakable Things. Knopf, New York, 2016. F;10/22. A Paris Review (Fall 2022) contained a page of prose-poetry by this author that sent me looking for more and this novel looked like what I wanted. Spivack is 84 and … Continue reading →

Higgins, Jamie. Bully Market. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2020. NF/F 9/22 This is a memoir by a woman who at her up-from-poverty parents’ insistence joined the Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs. Through persistence, smarts (she was a math major) … Continue reading →

Egan, Jennifer. The Candy House. Scribners New York 2022. F;9/22. This book by one of my favourite authors is a semi-sequel to her very successful 2010 A Visit From the Goon Squad. I went back and read Goon Squad again … Continue reading →

Emre, Merve. The Personality Brokers. Random House Toronto, 2018. NF; 8/22. This with its subtitle of The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing is a well-researched story of the Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory (MBPI), now recognized the world over and in … Continue reading →

Malleson, Tom. Fired Up about Capitalism. Between the Lines, Toronto, 2016. NF;7/22. Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand – W B Yeats Tom Malleson is the brilliant son of dear friends of ours, … Continue reading →

Mearsheimer, John. The Great Delusion. Yale, New Haven, 2018. NF; 6/22. Mearsheimer is a political scientist and specialist in international relations, known for his orientation referred to as realism. In this plain-spoken at times colloquial book he is devastatingly critical … Continue reading →

Heti, Sheila. Motherhood. Vintage Canada, Toronto, 2018. F; 5/22. If you want more of what is already going on, have a baby. If you want things to change, don’t. – Old Anonymous Doctor In this ambitious brave dive into a … Continue reading →

May 2022 “Our creative kitchen team reimagines and elevates traditional Italian classics with luxurious artistry. Polished service is provided by an award-winning beverage team and front-of-house staff that are best in class.” So goes the commentary on one of the … Continue reading →