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Olympic Closing Ceremonies Get Surrealnew
It was only natural that tonight’s Olympic closing ceremonies would feel like a strange, flaring, echoing dream. The walk to B.C. place for the 5:30 p.m. start was only a couple of hundred yards from where I’d just seen Sidney Crosby score one of the biggest goals in Canadian hockey history.
The Georgia Straight |
Brian Lynch |
03-01-2010 |
Sports
China Dominates Olympic Pairs Figure Skating in Vancouvernew
The best athletes in any sport are praised for making the difficult appear easy — as Mario Lemieux did while gliding past opponents. But figure skaters also have to make what they do look like something profound, sincere, wrapped up in a moment of genuine emotion.
The Georgia Straight |
Brian Lynch |
02-16-2010 |
Sports
Lisbeth Salander Makes a Blazing Return in 'The Girl Who Played With Fire'new
The late Stieg Larsson's follow-up to the sprawling, expertly plotted crime novel The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, is in most ways as gripping as the previous one.
The Georgia Straight |
Brian Lynch |
08-31-2009 |
Fiction
'Columbine' Seeks to Explain the Inexplicablenew
Columbine is a marvel of structure, empathy, and insight, flickering between the run-up to that horrible day in Littleton and its complex, agonizing aftermath.
The Georgia Straight |
Brian Lynch |
06-08-2009 |
Nonfiction
'The Lost City of Z' Maps an Amazon Mysterynew
As David Grann describes him in The Lost City of Z, British explorer Percy Fawcett was the last of the Victorian era's hard-bitten adventurers, a man who waded "into uncharted realms with little more than a machete, a compass, and an almost divine sense of purpose."
The Georgia Straight |
Brian Lynch |
03-23-2009 |
Nonfiction
Seriously Funny Parody Rules Graham Rawle's 'Woman's World'new
Graham Rawle's Woman's World is an astonishing concept novel that's not only about the powers of obsession but also, it seems, a product of them. It looks like a book-length ransom note. But it's far more than an elaborate stunt: as soon becomes clear to the reader, Woman's World is a first-rate piece of comedic art.
The Georgia Straight |
Brian Lynch |
02-09-2009 |
Fiction
Inside Bush's Brainnew
The word tragedy in the title of Jacob Weisberg's new book takes on more than one meaning as you make your way through this brisk, eye-opening psychological study of George W. Bush.
The Georgia Straight |
Brian Lynch |
03-21-2008 |
Nonfiction
Naomi Klein Looks at Shock Wave Troopers in New Booknew
The Shock Doctrine exposes the economic ambulance chasers who take advantage of natural and economic disasters worldwide.
The Georgia Straight |
Brian Lynch |
09-11-2007 |
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