Books tagged: Satire
An Exile's Perfect Letter
By Larry Mathews
**NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR BOOK AWARDS FICTION LONGLIST**
Sixty-two-year-old English professor Hugh Norman is getting ready to retire and just going through the motions. He’s detached, irreverent, and quite pleased with himself. But then he learns of a long-lost friend’s ... Read more
Animal Farm 2017
By Ashis Gupta
This is a timely adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm in the context of the Trump administration's disastrous epoch in American life.
Base Type Nil
By Michel Kelly-Gagnon
Illustrated by Corentin Hunter
"On Friday morning, a little past eight, Michelangelo left his house after a hasty breakfast, took one step into the street, and was hit by a bus. "
So begins Base Type Nil, a darkly humorous story about a man who wakes up in a cartoonish dystopia and has to navigate a civilization ... Read more
Base type null
By Michel Kelly-Gagnon
Illustrated by Corentin Hunter
« Vendredi matin, un peu après huit heures, Michelangelo avale son petit-déjeuner à la hâte. Il sort de chez lui, pose un pied dans la rue et se fait happer par un bus. »
Ainsi commence Base type null, un récit d'humour noir qui raconte l'histoire de Michelangelo, un ... Read more
Best of the Bonnet, The
By Andrew Unger
Since its debut, the internet's most trusted source for Mennonite satire has drawn the attention of everyone from the Canadian Prairies to the high-rises of New York, keeping readers laughing with hundreds of hysterical headlines and tongue-in-cheek editorials where (almost) ... Read more
City's Gates, The
By Peter Dube
What lurks in the shadow of the 99%?
Montreal is gearing up for the World Economic Forum. On one side are those preparing to welcome the policymakers and moneylenders alike; on the other are groups ready to protest the evils of capitalism and globalization.
Caught in the middle ... Read more
Dead Brilliant
By Christopher Ward
Dying is the best way to revive your musical career … even if you’re not really dead.
It’s all slipping away from Roc Molotov – his band, his girlfriend, and worst of all, his ability to play the game demanded by the star-making machinery of the music business. When ... Read more
Dirty Birds
By Morgan Murray
***IPPY: INDEPENDENT VOICE AWARD – WINNER***
***LONGLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2021***
***APMA BEST ATLANTIC PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD: WINNER***
***STEPHEN LEACOCK MEADAL FOR HUMOUR: SHORTLIST***
***THOMAS RADDALL ATLANTIC FICTION AWARD: SHORTLIST***
***MARGARET AND JOHN SAVAGE FIRST ... Read more