PRAISE FOR PHILIP DAVID ALEXANDER

“Part psychological drama, part hardboiled crime fiction, part bareknuckled realism, North of Here is all this rolled into a tight and energetic novel. Alexander has written a sincere tale of loss and survival. North of Here is engrossing, humane and muscular fiction at its best.”

~ Matthew Firth, author of Shag Carpet Action

“This is a muscular book. . . . Alexander spares us nothing but judgement in The Next Rainy Day.”

~ Ottawa Xpress

“A gripping and powerful tale . . .”

~ The Lethbridge Herald

“A tale of two fathers, and the family as freak show, told with a double narrative and layered plot . . .”

~ Vancouver Sun

“The Next Rainy Day could have come form the pen of Russell Banks . . .”

~ The Danforth Review

“ . . . it is one of the most honest novels I’ve read in a while. The writing is spare, rhythmic and moving . . .”

~ Craig Holden, author of The Narcissist’s Daughter

“Alexander’s characters ring bone-achingly true.”

~ Bill Gaston, author of The Good Body and Sointula

“ . . . this is an urgent, gripping and biblical tale of crime and punishment, and Alexander gets it right, every bit of it.”

~ Mick Cochrane, author of Flesh Wounds and Sport

“By the end of this book you feel the character’s soul, and that’s as good as fiction gets . . .”

~ Stewart O’Nan, author of A Prayer for the Dying and Songs for the Missing