Monday, February 9, 2015
My Quill and Quire review of The Green Hotel, by Jesse Gilmour ...
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About Me
- Mark Sampson
- Mark Sampson is a fiction writer, poet, book reviewer, and literary critic, originally from Prince Edward Island and now living and writing in Toronto. He is the author of seven books: the novels All the Animals on Earth (Wolsak & Wynn, 2020), The Slip (Dundurn, 2017), Sad Peninsula (Dundurn, 2014) and Off Book (Norwood Publishing, 2007); the short story collection The Secrets Men Keep (Now or Never Publishing, 2015); the poetry collection Weathervane (Palimpsest Press, 2016); and the poetry chapbook Big Wilson (Emergency Flash Mob Press, 2023). His new novel, Lowfield, a tale of horror and suspense set on his native PEI, is forthcoming from Now or Never Publishing in the spring of 2025.
Once I'd started, I could not put this book down. Jesse Gilmour, a gifted new literary talent, speaks with a powerful, moving, soulful, and honest voice. Don't miss this gem. His unique turn of a phrase and the directness of the voice draws us into the text and meets us there to share something special. Although the protagonist's life may be very different, he reminds us of ourselves, as he struggles and cares along his journey through the dark and light of life. We care about him deeply, turning pages to see what he decides to do, to be. The Green Hotel is a necessary read for all of us about life's choices, loves, confusions. I now wait impatiently for this splendid author's next book.
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