Vanishing Act

When Giles Blunt's first crime novel appeared, the Toronto Star said it "e;immediately raises the bar of Canadian crime fiction."e; The Globe and Mail calls him "e;a master storyteller,"e; and fans of Blunt's fiction are familiar with his ability to shape a tense narrative for maximum impact. With Vanishing Act, his debut collection of verse, Blunt delivers equally potent strength and quality, opening up for the reader a new, "e;wicked pack of cards"e; - in that deck, a cast of characters that speak to the different stages of personal journey: coming of age, heartbreak, terrible loss, the fear of death, philosophical musing, and the personal apocalypse that may one day come...