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Alice Munro’s 11th book, Runaway, is the subject of the second in a series of five reviews of short fiction collections.

Runaway
Alice MunroVintage Books USA 2005, Paperback, 335 pages, £10.19

Runaway is heavy with accolades: it won The Giller Prize, was a New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year, and made the shortlist for the Governor [...]

Douglas Coupland is a tricky one for me. I should be a huge fan. His name is synonymous with Vancouver, my home city. He is bright and highly observant — the slightly awkward local son you ought to love because he knows your city and by extension you, and his work reflects your personal, political [...]