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The Only Café

Auteur(s): Linden MacIntyre
Narrateur(s): Greg Campbell
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 The Only Café is both a moving mystery in which a son tries to solve the mystery of his father's death and an illuminating exploration of how the traumatic past, if left unexamined, shadows every moment of the present.

Pierre Cormier had secrets. Though he married twice, became a high-flying lawyer and a father, he didn't let anyone really know him. And he was especially silent about what had happened to him in Lebanon, the country he fled during civil war to come to Canada as a refugee. When, in the midst of a corporate scandal, he went missing after his boat exploded, his teenaged son Cyril didn't know how to mourn him. But five years later, a single bone and a distinctive gold chain are recovered, and Pierre is at last declared dead. Which changes everything.

At the reading of the will, it turns out that instead of a funeral, Pierre wanted a "roast" at a bar no one knew he frequented—The Only Café in Toronto's east end. He'd even left a guest list that included one mysterious name: Ari. Cyril, now working as an intern for a major national newsroom and assisting on reporting a story on homegrown terrorism, tracks down Ari at the bar, and finds out that he is an Israeli who knew his father in Lebanon in the '80s. Who is Ari? What can he reveal about what happened to Pierre in Lebanon? Is Pierre really dead? Can Ari even be trusted? Soon Cyril's personal investigation is entangled in the larger news story, all of it twining into a fabric of lies and deception that stretches from contemporary Toronto back to the massacre at the Sabra and Shatila camps in Lebanon in September 1982. Fiction de genre Fiction littéraire Politique et espions Politiques Psychologiques Thrillers et romans à suspense Espionnage Fiction Moyen-Orient Iran Suspense

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“The Only Café will transfix you with its disquieting and cautionary narrative. . . . Judicious and expertly timed. . . . The Only Café’s elegant prose attains a lyrical quality. . . . [A] testament to MacIntyre’s dexterity as a storyteller.”
—The Globe and Mail

“Spare, propulsive and rich in observational detail and dialogue. . . . MacIntyre’s journalism training and experience . . . allow him to explore Lebanon’s labyrinthine, multi-factional civil war with authority and compassion.”
—James Grainger, author of Harmless, Toronto Star

“The Only Café is imbued with a feeling of lived authenticity.”
—Quill and Quire

“Unlike the cozy armchair mysteries of Agatha Christie—where everything is wrapped up in a neat little bow by story’s end—The Only Café argues that not all mysteries will be solved and perhaps that’s for the best. MacIntyre’s characters insist that truth is a fiction or at best an amorphous reality and that ‘the only way to know what happens is to be part of it.’”
—Atlantic Books

“Linden MacIntyre has mined his other life, as a venerable CBC journalist, to pen The Only Café, and the novel works wonderfully. . . . [A] twisty, literate thriller that ranks among the most enjoyable novels I’ve read this year. International intrigue, masterful storytelling and a sure hand make The Only Café a compelling read.”
—49th Shelf

“[A] taut, powerful novel.”
—The Chronicle Herald

“[MacIntyre’s] trademark narrative skill makes the novel a must-read. . . . As he traces Cyril’s progress, MacIntyre uses his intriguing tale to underscore the futility of trying to erase the past. One of MacIntyre’s strengths is his remarkable command of dialogue. Conversations between characters are snappy, convincing and laced with wit. Another strength is the writer’s ability to observe, with a keen eye, the details of everyday life, both in Toronto and in the Middle East.”
—St. Thomas Times-Journal
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This is a compelling and touching story of a son trying to find out about his father's life, one that has been kept hidden and secret. It is an uncovering of the tragedies of the Lebanese civil war from a very personal point of view and how those events shaped the lives of the people who lived through them. And how little there was left over for the 'new family' in the 'new world'.
Lyndon MacIntyre never disappoints.

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Really enjoyed this book. Kept the pace going, sprinkled with lots of clues to keep you wondering and wanting to know the outcomes. Excellent narrator. Very adept with the different accents. Will definitely be recommending The Only Cafe.

Excellent story telling

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I always enjoyed Linden’s journalism, so was intrigued to discover he was writing fiction. This book was deeper than I expected, but that’s hardly a surprise, given his knowledge of world conflicts. As a result, it is not escape fiction, and there are some brutal passages. I do wish he’d narrated it though!

Glad I found this

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