David Helwig: 3 books

"Birdsong, wind: here by the ocean every noise was surrounded by silence that reached all the way to the stars. Monica studied the white shingled building above the slope of green lawn, deep bays rising two storeys on each side of the front door and the windowed porch. You felt the big rambling construction...

The story of a successful Ottawa investor and political consultant - very much representative of the post-WWII, Baby Boomer generation - who, in the wake of betrayal by his childhood best friend, sets about to review his past and the people who have shaped his life ("a half century of getting along by...

A retired academic is called to a remote university to speak as the replacement for an old friend recently deceased in unusual circumstances. The Stand-In is a transcript of these lectures, revealing a sophisticated tale of art, fame, and adultery that unfolds through rambling anecdotes and flashes...