Duncan to a small parish in Creignish, NS to basically shield, or hide, him from the potential trouble that is sure to arise in the near future. When one of the more serious offenders decides to leave the priesthood and marry the bishop decides to appoint Fr. Set in the mid-90s, the story takes place around the time of the eruption of abuse scandals in Newfoundland and New England MacAskill travels around Atlantic Canada to confront the wayward priests and their victims with the ultimate goal of relocating the offenders to basically bury and cover-up potential scandal. Duncan, MacIntyre has created the perfect Canadian anti-hero. The Bishop’s Man focuses on Father Duncan MacAskill a priest often referred to by his brethren as The Exorcist or The Purificator because of his role in “dealing with” wayward priests to avoid scandal, all at the bishop’s request. MacDonald as the great Cape Breton storytellers. The Bishop’s Man and Linden MacIntyre are, without a doubt, going to join the likes of Alistair MacLeod, Hugh MacLennan, Sheldon Currie, and D.R.

Five pages into this book and I was hooked. I picked up the paperback the day it was released (I didn’t like the size of the hardcover so I waited for the paperback). Eventually I picked up the book and read the inside flap for a bit of an idea on the book I was starting to come around to the possibility of this being a good book. I had this thought in my head wondering if this book was chosen because of his stature in the Canadian media or because of the subject matter. When the 2009 Giller Prize short-list, and later the winner, was announced I was very skeptical. MacIntyre is definitely no stranger to the Canadian public.

He has made quite the journey from his small town roots in Capre Breton starting out as a reporter for The Chronicle Herald in Halifax and now acting as a co-host on CBC’s The Fifth Estate Mr. Winner of nine Gemini awards for his broadcast journalism work. Linden MacIntyre: one of Canada’s most respected journalists. Winner of the 2010 Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Fiction Book of the Yearįinalist for the 2010 Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award Winner of the 2010 Atlantic Independent Booksellers’ Choice Award

The Only Café by Linden MacIntyre