Sean Dixon on the cover of Quill and Quire

Check out the December 2007 issue of Quill & Quire and you'll find Coach House author Sean Dixon sharing the cover with authors Kenneth Oppel and Marina Nemat. The December 2007 issue spotlights their books of the year, among which is Sean Dixon's novel, The Girls Who Saw Everything.<!--newline--><!--newline-->Of The Girls Who Saw Everything, the Quill has this to say:<!--newline--><!--newline-->'A postmodern novel about the members of a Montreal book club who find themselves involuntarily acting out The Epic of Gilgamesh may not sound like a crowd-pleaser, but playwright and banjo enthusiast Sean Dixon's debut novel has been a surprise success, netting many delighted readers in Canada, as well as a six-figure two-book deal in the UK. The pleasure of the book comes from Dixon's deft handling of his weightier literary themes, making it reminiscent of the kind of irrepressibly mischievous and literary novels that John Barth used to write. Call it populist pointdexterism.'<!--newline--><!--newline-->The Books of the Year issue also lists David McGimpsey's Sitcom as one of the top poetry books of 2007.