Over the course of three weeks, Weekend Post has been examining the evolution of a Canadian novel. The Origin of Species, by Nino Ricci, is considered within the industry to be among the fall season's most important titles. In this final instalment, reporter Mark Medley looks at the launch of the book, the promotional tour and the reviews.
"I was a house painter for a while in university," Nino Ricci says. "And the worst part for me was always the home inspection at the end, where the homeowner had to go through and inspect the work. Because I knew the things I'd done wrong. I knew the putty lines that weren't perfect, and the corners and the upper dormers I hadn't quite reached. And that's all I could see: all these little flaws that were there. But the homeowner would come out and look, and of course the house looked a hundred times better than it had a week before, because they just got the full effect of this bright new thing. read more
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