Hugh Garner Summary

Hugh Garner was a maverick in his life and in his fiction. His vision, in his novels and in the short stories which are his most memorable work, was formed by his multifarious experiences during the D... Read more

Critical Essay by Claude T. Bissell [A] realistic novel that makes use of an accumulation of small, precise detail and concentrates on the plight of the little man is Hugh Garner's Storm Below... Read more

Critical Essay by Doug Fetherling [Garner] has found the right title: One Damn Thing After Another; for [he] has spent his years stumbling day-to-day, like the rest of us, through the personal and pu... Read more

Critical Essay by Doug Fetherling Hugh Garner's 1950 novel, Cabbagetown, his second book, has dominated his reputation. It was a straight-forward naturalistic story of a young man's pro... Read more

Critical Essay by Michael Sotiron Writing a police procedural [Death in Don Mills] had its advantages as it allowed Garner to vent his authoritarian and oft-reactionary views on just about everything... Read more