The author and journalist, 2009 recipient of the Giller Prize Linden MacIntyre discusses his new novel The Winter Wives (Random House, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

The Winter Wives by Linden MacIntyre (Random House Canada, 2021). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: The Winter Wives

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Linden MacIntyre joins me again. The distinguished journalist and novelist has just published a new book, The Winter Wives. It’s described as a psychological drama that weaves threads of crime, disability, dementia, as well as love, loyalty, and delusion. It’s a compelling read about two old friends who met in university, Allan and Byron. They’re different. The latter is quiet, sensitive, as well as walks with a childhood disability, while the former is successful, worldly and a hero on campus. The book opens in the present, when both are a little older, where they’ve loved and lost. Well, Byron married Annie, when he pined for Peggy, her sister, who ended up with Byron. I’ll get Mr. MacIntyre to tell us as much as he’d like about the book, about the themes therein, especially growing older. Linden MacIntyre received the 2009 Giller Prize for his novel The Bishop’s Man, which was also a bestseller. His other novels include The Long Stretch, his first, as well as Why Men Lie, Punishment, and The Only Café, those three, he all appeared on this program with on their release. He is also the author of the memoir Causeway: A Passage from Innocence, and a non-fiction book The Wake, which was published in 2019. He is the winner of ten Gemini Awards for his work as a broadcast journalist, spending twenty-four years as co-host of the fifth estate. The Twitter handle is @macintyrelj. This new book is published by Random House. He joined me from Newfoundland in late August 2021. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Linden MacIntyre; Mr. MacIntyre, good morning.

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