Terry Peters
Book Reviews

Carl Hiaasen — Sick
_ Pupby (Knopf)

Nick Tosches — The
Devil and Sonny Liston
(Little, Brown and
Company)

® Tom Savage — Searenger..

(Dutton)

A Mary Ellen Mark —
- American Odyssey

(Aperature): .

8 fan Thom — Art BC

(Douglas & Mcintyre)

The year 2000 did not dis-
appoint readers, with an
» abundance of exceptional’
books appearing on the:
shelves. Whether you were
looking for information or
exhilaration, humour or beau-
y, there were choices galore.
* Carl Hiaasen delivered ~~
= another great read with Sick
Puppy (Knopf, 341 pages).
His social satire hit familiar

targets of developers versus
environmental concerns in
South Florida, and all the
while turning in a fresh twist.
Great characters and troubled

. herues, barding for the life of

a tiny island. .

" Sonny Liston fought his
demons both inside and ov
side the boxing ring and

re forr

Teosches wrote an brilliant
account of his career in The
Devil and Sonny Liston,
(Little, Brown and Company,
266 pages}. Liston fought his
way to the heavyweight
championship. the hard way,
favoured to win for his skill
and not with the love of the
fans. His record of convic-
tions and underworld con-
nections meant the public
would not accept him as a
champion for_long and it was
a brash young fighter named
Cassis Clay who would top-
ple him. Compelling reading
from a dark chapcer of box-
ing’s history.

Murder and horror haunts
the survivor of a mass murder
when, after years of silence,

* the killer returns with a chal-

lenge. Scavenger by Tom
Savage, (Dutton, 275 pages),
has all the ingredients of a
great thriller, an unknown
killer, a string of horrible
crimes, and a deadline to

eaders

solve the mystery.

Photographer Mary Ellen
Mark has drawn from her vast
archives to produce this col-
lection of images, American
Odvesey (Aperature, 151
pages), is a cultural document
which represents but dogs
not judge. The debutanre and
the transvestite receive the
same respect from Mark's
camera. It is this ability to ler
the subject present then-
selves whole and never as
one-dimensional that makes
Mark’s work shine. One of
the great contemporary pho-
tographers.

The collection of talent
thar resides between the cov:
ers of Art BC by lan Thom
(Douglas & Mefntre, 232
pages) displays the incredible
works of both traditional and
brand new artists, Large
reproductions and well writ-
ten descriptions of the works
shown bring the artwork into
the forefront.

Nick Tosckes
THE DEVIL ANY)
. SONNY LISTON

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