Contrariwise
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Set in the hippie haven of 1960s Yorkville, Toronto, Contrariwise is the story of a teasing bedevilment. The moment our heroine arrives in this happening spot, windfall cash in hand, she acquires an odds-and-sods antique shop, a new name, and a vexingly enigmatic business partner. Who is he, really, and what's he up to? And who is the unidentifiable someone who has taken to leaving her subtly menacing 'gifts' here and there in the shop? Mysteries, little and large, abound, which is not to say that the Scene itself, with its many entertainments and diversions need be ignored. The'Naked Chef' anyone?
"Griggs's talent for creating engaging characters, both major and minor, her inventiveness with language, her mischievous humour and her refreshing sense of the absurd, are sure to please and delight." --The Record (Kitchener-Waterloo)
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Terry Griggs is the author of three novels, The Lusty Man, The Iconoclast's Journal (formerly Rogues' Wedding), Thought You Were Dead, and two short story collections, Quickening and The Discovery of Honey. For the younger set she has also published the Cat's Eye Corner series and Nieve. She's been shortlisted for the Governor General's Award, the Roger's Writer's Trust Fiction Prize, and is the recipient of the Marion Engel Award in recognition of a distinguished body of work.
