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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
A fast paced read. The romance side-plot started off well written and devolved into removing at least a half star from my rating.
(Literary Fiction, Atlantic Canadian)
Frank MacDonald is one of Cape Breton’s most celebrated writers.
A Possible Madness is set in the fictional mining town of Shean in Cape Breton which has seen its fortunes fall as the coal has been used up. Now a global corporation plans to build a seawall offshore and exploit the remaining coal. It’ll mean jobs but will the town agree to let it happen?
Read this if: you’d like to gain insight into the economics and everyday life of residents of a closed mining town, or you like literary fiction with a surprise twist.
4 stars
Frank MacDonald is one of Cape Breton’s most celebrated writers.
A Possible Madness is set in the fictional mining town of Shean in Cape Breton which has seen its fortunes fall as the coal has been used up. Now a global corporation plans to build a seawall offshore and exploit the remaining coal. It’ll mean jobs but will the town agree to let it happen?
Read this if: you’d like to gain insight into the economics and everyday life of residents of a closed mining town, or you like literary fiction with a surprise twist.
4 stars
interesting but slow moving for the first half and a confusing lot of characters, most having names beginning with 'd'