Matthew Surridge is a Montreal writer whose criticism has appeared in the Montreal Gazette and who is currently writing an online fiction serial at www.fellgard.com.
July 1, 2011
Ravvin’s precise tonal control keeps the book fascinating; the unexpected stringing-together of odd incidents develops a curious sense of meaning. Nevertheless, the quiet elegance of the structure occasionally seems forced and tends to make the book’s more obvious moments seem even more obvious.