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Article: Ground for compromise.(A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada)(Book review)
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- The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada
by John Ralston Saul,
Viking Canada, Toronto, 2008
340 pp., $34 hardcover
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In The Doubter's Companion, John Ralston Saul defined critics as "delightful people. Perceptive. Fair. Disinterested. Even-handed.
Charming." If he reads his reviews--most writers claim not to--I hope he bears that in mind, because it describes this critic to a T. Alas, where The Doubter's Companion was funny and wise, A Fair Country is tiresome and, at times, simply bizarre. Too bizarre, in fact, to be described as maddening.