Those quirky, small-town Canucks 1 Edition

[Don Hannah]'s The Wise And Foolish Virgins is trumpeted as being part of publisher Knopf Canada's "New Faces of Fiction," but aside from this being Hannah's first novel (although he is a veteran Toronto dramatist), the new face of fiction is fairly reminiscent of the counte...

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Published inToronto star
Main Author Robertson, Ray
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Toronto, Ont Torstar Syndication Services, a Division of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited 16.05.1998
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Summary:[Don Hannah]'s The Wise And Foolish Virgins is trumpeted as being part of publisher Knopf Canada's "New Faces of Fiction," but aside from this being Hannah's first novel (although he is a veteran Toronto dramatist), the new face of fiction is fairly reminiscent of the countenance of most of the fast-food fiction being produced in Canada today. Long on snappy, "real-life" dialogue and short on stylistic innovation and thematic concerns beyond the ordeals of the heart, The Wise And Foolish Virgins is pleasantly inoffensive in the way it goes down but still no substitute for a real meal prepared with care. Billed as "Canada's version of the Southern novel," The Wise And Foolish Virgins does have the sprawling narrative structure and large cast of characters typical of more than one 20th-century novel set below the Mason-Dixon. Set in a small, seemingly sedate New Brunswick town, Hannah tells the story of a variety of small-town types, including the church-going, chronically passive Sandy; Gloria, Sandy's cleaning lady; and Raymond, Gloria's cherished younger brother.
ISSN:0319-0781