Neil Smith, Author . Vintage $13.95 (242p) ISBN 978-0-307-38610-6
Montreal-based translator Smith debuts with nine stories, some of which hit the mark. In “The B9ers,” a man forms a support group for people who have had benign tumors removed, and that’s where the action stops: a weak subplot...
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Neil Smith, with Patricia O’Connell. Palgrave Macmillan, $26 (224p) ISBN 978-1-137-00306-5
How many times have we read about a company’s decline or demise and the problem seemed so obvious that we wonder how management could have missed the signs? In his first book, consultant Smith, CEO of Promontory Growth and Innovation, suggests that...
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Neil Smith. Osprey (Random, dist.) $17.95 trade paper (80p) ISBN 978-1-4728-0125-8
As part of Osprey’s new Myths and Legends series, Smith deconstructs the legend of Robin Hood, taking it back to its roots as a collection of 15th-century ballads and examining the fundamental elements. In crisp, concise, accessible language, he...
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Neil Smith. Vintage, $14.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-8041-7136-6
Short story writer Smith (Bang Crunch) delivers a splendidly confident debut novel, a fantasy of emotional healing in a unique afterlife. In 1979, 13-year-old Oliver “Boo” Dalrymple is an intelligent but socially awkward outcast, born with a...
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