NOVEMBER 11, 2009

(photo by Keith Minchin, 2008)

WINNER OF THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR’S AWARD FOR HIGH ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERARY ARTS


IN ANOTHER LIFE by Raymond Fraser.
Lion's Head Press. 304 pp. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-9686034-8-2

"A beautifully wrought story, tragic, poignant and full of rich detail. It's just masterful." — ROBERT LECKER

"I really enjoyed it. I haven't read a novel in two sittings in a long time. It's subtle, complex and has a wonderful comic/tragic feeling." — SHELDON CURRIE

"You don't come across a book like this very often. For me it was un-put-down-able. It's one great piece of work." — LOUIS CORMIER

"IN ANOTHER LIFE is heart-warming and heart-wrenching all at once. It's the real deal, a genuine masterpiece of storytelling, sadly beautiful, and perhaps Fraser's finest work to date."
— STEPHEN CLARE, The Book Club, Halifax

"I can't find words to describe just how extraordinary I think this novel is... It's been a long time since I've read a book that really gets inside a man's head. It's a triumph in making characters come alive (I fell deeply in love with Corinne!). It's a great Canadian novel."
— PHILIP DESJARDINS

"A masterfully crafted novel set against the plush Miramichi River region of the 1950's and 1960's. Wily Fredericton scribe Raymond Fraser proves again why he is one of Atlantic Canada's finest writers with the beautiful and haunting tragic-comedy of one boy's rise to prominence in his community and his slow descent into the throes of alcoholism. IN ANOTHER LIFE is a powerful and poignant story that will capture the minds and hearts of readers. Think Catcher in the Rye meets Hemingway and Bukowski." — LEAP MAGAZINE