The Dusty Bookcase

Brian Busby‘s regular column focuses on CanLit’s ignored, neglected, forgotten, and suppressed.

The Dusty Bookcase

August 28, 2020 0 Cold War, Warm Bed
By Brian Busby

Truth proves elusive in Tom Ardies’ 1971 Cold War thriller about a millionaire presidential candidate in possible cahoots with the Russians.

The Dusty Bookcase

February 27, 2020 0 Suffer the Children
By Brian Busby

Christie Redfern’s troubles are so many that they spill over into her backstory in Margaret Murray Robertson’s 1866 novel.

The Dusty Bookcase

Alberto Manguel’s 1991 Canadian anthology, “Canadian Mystery Stories.”

The Dusty Bookcase

October 2, 2018 0 A House Full of Orphans
by Brian Busby

Montrealer Enid Louise Cushing’s 1956 mystery debut, “Murder’s No Picnic.”

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