Mr. Shakespeare's Bastard (Wright) - Book Reviews

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A writer of insatiable curiosity and intelligence who just happens to have perfect pitch for dialogue and nuance. These qualities have made Richard Wright one of Canada’s top literary talents and Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard yet another total delight to read.
Toronto Star


A masterful novel...[which] confirms his ability to evoke an authentically female sensibility.
Montreal Gazette


An immensely entertaining romp.... Lizzy’s story and Aerlene’s story are wonderfully funny and suspenseful and absorbing.... Wright is a gifted storyteller and in Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard he’s at his absolute storytelling best.
Winnipeg Free Press


Wright’s gifts as a novelist, notably here his ability to craft extraordinarily believable female characters, remain in full swing, as do his eternal interests, including his intense exploration of his characters’ interior lives.... Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard is a smartly paced, lively and Shakespearean story of the many-splendoured varieties of love.... Throughout this lovely novel, Linny, the plain daughter of a pretty mother, shows her resemblance to her father in everything from the cast of her brow to her insight into the human heart.
Maclean's