Jonathan Bennett

In this powerful novel of love and family, a doctor named Paris follows a nurse to a country on the brink of civil war. When a confrontation does break out, they are swept up by rebel forces and separated. The nurse, Helen, is pregnant; she escapes, but Paris is left behind, imprisoned by rebels as war rages.A narrative of brutal power, but also of...

While most of the action takes place in Sydney, Australia, and Toronto, this whirlwind tour of long-separated twins also lands in Hawaii, London, Scotland, Madrid, and Mallorca. The twins Curt, an Australian jazz musician, and William, a Canadian visual artist were driven in different directions at the age of four when their drug-addict...

Bennett demonstrates a real talent for evoking the affectless, indulgent eccentricities of the surpassingly (and perpetually) wealthy . . . Bennett manages it all deftly. He can weave a tale and has the chops to keep it all in a literary vein . . . this is a good book with a crackerjack ending. The Globe and Mail Bennetts storytelling is...

Bennett demonstrates a real talent for evoking the affectless, indulgent eccentricities of the surpassingly (and perpetually) wealthy . . . Bennett manages it all deftly. He can weave a tale and has the chops to keep it all in a literary vein . . . this is a good book with a crackerjack ending. The Globe and Mail Bennetts storytelling is...