“Finn Harvor can do what only the best writers can. He can create a completely convincing world. Once you’re in it, you want to stay in it.”
-- Ian Brown, host of CBC’s Talking Books and author of The Boy in the Moon and Man Overboard.


“A writer to watch out for.”
-- Denise Roig, the Montreal Gazette.

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