Set in the Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale, An Imperfect Man narrates two devastating weeks in the life of Jack Hughes as he battles his left arm and his past. Praise for Calabro's previous works: "Echoes of Pirandello and Calvino punctuate The Cousin, best described as tragic surrealism." -- The Globe and Mail "[The short story A Glass of Wine is] ... a subtly subversive piece of fiction." -- Descant "[Bellecour] is a small masterwork of erotic candour and psychological acuity." -- The Globe and Mail

John Calabro’s novella, Bellecour, published in 2005 by Guernica Editions, was named by The Globe and Mail's First Fiction reviewer as one of the top 5 books in that category for 2005. LyricalMyrical Press published, in a chapbook, his collection of short stories, Somewhere Else, in 2006. His short stories and essays have appeared in Italian Canadiana, Strange Peregrination, and More Sweet Lemons. The Cousin is his second novella.“[Bellecour] is a small masterwork of erotic candour and psychological acuity." -The Globe and Mail

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