Publishers Weekly, April 11th, 1994
With his latest novel, Headhunter, Canadian novelist Timothy Findley is once again poised for recognition in the U.S. It is a situation that has recurred at regular intervals since 1964, when the late Grace Bechtold, of Bantam, bought his first novel, The Last of the Crazy People.
Since then, six Finley novels and two story collections have been published in the U.S. A few, like The Wars and Famous Last Words, have come tantalizingly close to propelling him to prominence. Another, The Telling of Lies, a literate mystery which won an Edgar in 1986, threatened to enlarge his audience. Now, hi...
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