Evil Eye

The poignant and the absurd. Erogenous danger zones. Ordinariness gone berserk. This is Ann Diamond territory, explored with a stunning lightness of touch. Moving from existentialism in the Ottawa Valley, to the Messiah at a falafel stand in Cairo, these wry and intelligent stories are bulletins from the front lines.

Reviews

“It is a great poem, the kind that will make future readers take seriously Solway’s claim to be our Yeats […] Saracen Island and An Andreas Karavis Companion constitute a vast allegory of the Canadian Literary landscape […] perhaps you will find yourself in them.” —Derek Webster, The Fiddlehead, No. 210

“In Saracen Island [Solway] has his own special brand of fun, creating a detailed poetic biography for Karavis. The poems are, as Solway says of Karavis, “deceptively simple and profoundly resourceful.” […] Karavis, whoever he may be, is an engaging persona, . . . seldom relinquishing Solway’s characteristic energy.” —Diana Fitzgerald Bryden, National Post

“In Solway’s able hands, Karavis has become an Aegean pirate’s vessel, carrying within it a rich booty of seas, desolate shores, compass roses and wild emeralds.” —Fred A. Reed, Montreal Review of Books