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Author: Rick Maddocks
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Aug 2001
 | Sputnik Diner
by Rick Maddocks
Knopf Canada
283 pages $29.95 Hardcover
ISBN: 0676973787
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Brief Reviews
by Janet French
Fiction
Laced together with vivid images of Southern Ontario's sprawling tobacco fields, Sputnik Diner (Knopf Canada, 283 pages, $29.95 , ISBN: 0676973787) peers into the lives of curious folk in small-town Nanticoke. Composed of five related short stories, Maddocks' debut book tells bizarre anecdotes with unfaltering realism and unforgettable characters.
Born in Wales and raised in Southern Ontario, Maddocks' first short story, "Plane People", is essentially biographical. Read more...
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