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Holy Fools + 2 Stories
Guernica Editions, Fall 2014
184 pages
Trade Paperback
ISBN13: 9781771830027
ISBN10: 1771830026
English
$5.95 Canada, $5.95 US
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The characters in Holy Fools + 2 Stories are humble people who may seem mad. Burdened by delusion. Driven by irrational goals. They take action and are caught up in the web of events, carried to unfamiliar shores that may or may not denote salvation. There is no message. I just wanted to write about the dear human spirit, swimming against a crazy world.
Mystery is the best strategy. A mysterious death sheds blame on no one and therefore on everyone: precisely his intention.
Marianne Ackerman writes with precision, power, and purpose. As she weaves her wonderful stories, her perfect words and sentences leave a mark on the reader. This is exquisite storytelling.
Terry Fallis, novelist, winner of CBC Canada Reads
Holy Fools is wild. From the opening few lines, it’s fresh and original, full of twists and turns I never saw coming.
John Goddard, author of Inside the Museums
Reviews
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Holy Fools Review
Ottawa Review of Books - December 1, 2014
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Marianne Ackerman's Holy Fools is a Wild Ride
Montreal Gazette - December 12, 2014
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Ackerman’s “…Upside down world…” is powerful
Montreal Serai - January 18, 2015
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Fortune's Fool
Montreal Review of Books - March 31, 2015
Books by Marianne Ackerman
