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  • The Roaring Girl

    “Writing doesn’t get much better,” The Edmonton Journal enthused when The Roaring Girl was first published in 1995. Readers and award committees agreed, bestowing Hollingshead with bestselling-author status and a Governor General’s Award for Fiction. These are 12 stories that dazzle with a compelling sense of mystery just below the surface, a showcase for Hollingshead’s uncanny ability to turn the ... Read more

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  • Bedlam

    Conspiracies and paranoia sweep across England in the aftermath of the French Revolution, landing tea broker James Tilly Matthews in Bethlem Hospital, a notorious, crumbling home for the insane. Although delusional, Matthews also appears to be incarcerated for unspecified political reasons, a pawn in a cruel game of ambition and power.Extraordinarily evocative of time and place, Bedlam sweeps the ... Read more

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  • Spin Dry

    When it first appeared in 1992, Spin Dry received rave reviews, won the Georges Bugnet Award for the Novel and was shortlisted for the Smith’s/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Set in a suburban sleep disturbance clinic, Spin Dry follows the story of a woman who undergoes dream deprivation in order to discover the identity of a man obsessing her husband. It’s a comic satire of husbands and wives, ... Read more

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  • The Healer

    Greg Hollingshead’s remarkable novel of betrayal and redemption explores the farthest reaches of human experience, in a story that will immediately capture fans of Bedlam, his latest masterwork. When Tim Wakelin heads north, in search of a story about a local healer, he enters a world that is real yet strange. Drawn into a beautiful but unforgiving landscape, he quickly finds his veneer of control ... Read more

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  • The Naked Man

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    Tired of living under his parents’ watchful eyes, Dennis takes off for Australia, leaving his beloved Studebaker in his parents’ care, only to return to unfamiliar faces and the conspicuous absence of his car.With a compelling sense of mystery just below the surface, The Roaring Girl’s twelve short stories showcase Greg Hollingshead’s uncanny ability to turn the world on its head and view life ... Read more

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  • The Roaring Girl

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    The girl appears in the service station one day, sneaking in to steal hubcaps to sell for spare cash. Brash and unapologetic, she isn’t like anyone the boy has encountered before. Within moments, she has turned his world upside down.With a compelling sense of mystery just below the surface, The Roaring Girl’s twelve short stories showcase Greg Hollingshead’s uncanny ability to turn the world on ... Read more

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  • Rat With Tangerine

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    After his son, Adrian, completes an experiment on the behaviour of rats, Bill sees his own life—spent primarily in front of the television—mirrored in the animals’ caged existence.With a compelling sense of mystery just below the surface, The Roaring Girl’s twelve short stories showcase Greg Hollingshead’s uncanny ability to turn the world on its head and view life from unexpected perspectives ... Read more

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  • Rose Cottage

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    Wanting to get away after a breakup, Alex rents a picturesque cottage. He quickly befriends the elderly widow and nurse who occupy the main house, but it isn’t long before he discovers that there are secrets hiding in Rose Cottage.With a compelling sense of mystery just below the surface, The Roaring Girl’s twelve short stories showcase Greg Hollingshead’s uncanny ability to turn the world on its ... Read more

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  • The Appraisal

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    After running into financial trouble, a man hires an appraiser to look at the cottage he owns. While the intention is to discuss the cottage, the true appraisal is that of history, religion, and the nature of humanity.With a compelling sense of mystery just below the surface, The Roaring Girl’s twelve short stories showcase Greg Hollingshead’s uncanny ability to turn the world on its head and view ... Read more

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  • The Side Of The Elements

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    While out of the city for a year, a couple rent their home to two men who promise to care for it and keep it in good repair. When the owners return, it is not to the situation they had feared, but to one they could not have predicted.With a compelling sense of mystery just below the surface, The Roaring Girl’s twelve short stories showcase Greg Hollingshead’s uncanny ability to turn the world on ... Read more

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  • A Night At The Palace

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    Henry’s life is in shambles until his childhood friend Harris appears at his door unexpectedly. They spend a weekend accompanied by beautiful women, engaging in acts of excess and having conversations that question the nature of memory and how much we truly know about the people around us.With a compelling sense of mystery just below the surface, The Roaring Girl’s twelve short stories showcase ... Read more

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  • The People Of The Sudan

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    Unable to send to Sudan a box of relief entrusted to them by friends, Dave and Aileen become plagued by its presence. One day, they decide to do something about it.With a compelling sense of mystery just below the surface, The Roaring Girl’s twelve short stories showcase Greg Hollingshead’s uncanny ability to turn the world on its head and view life from unexpected perspectives.HarperCollins ... Read more

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