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Vancouver, A Novel David Cruise and Alison Griffiths, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., Toronto, 2003. 753 p. $37.95 hard cover.
Vancouver, a novel of epic proportions written by David Cruise and Alison Griffiths, may appeal to the historian rather than the literary reader. Twelve stories titled after a protagonist, are set in sequential time periods, from the ice age to the present day. While the prose is plain, the ambitious structure and detailed research give the reader an appreciation of the many layers of Vancouver history.
The authors' eight previous collaborations, all non-fiction, dealt mainly with the business world, most notably, Fleecing the Lamb: the inside story of the Vancouver Stock Exchange. And so it...