Corrigan, Maureen

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews A Good House, Bonnie Burnard’s first novel. It won the 1999 Giller prize, Canada’s most prestigious literary award. It’s just been published in this country.

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August 22, 2000

04:57

You Can't Tell a Good Story Too Many Times.

Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews “The Fundamentals of Play,” by Caitlin Macy. She says it can be read as one big fictional quote of the Great Gatsby.

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August 18, 2000

05:37

Another Kind of Summer Reading.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews two new collections of essays: “Red Smith on Baseball” (Ivan R. Dee), and “The Secret Parts of Fortune” by Ron Rosenbaum (Random House)

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