Tag: historical fiction

  • CanLit Canon Review #10: Gabrielle Roy’s The Tin Flute

    CanLit Canon Review #10: Gabrielle Roy’s The Tin Flute

    In an attempt to make himself a better Canadian, Craig MacBride is reading and reviewing the books that shaped this country. The Tin Flute, Gabrielle Roy’s debut novel, explores poverty, war, and Montreal, and it romanticizes none of them. The book centers on the 10-member Lacasse family, which is trapped by poverty in the suburban…