Lawrence O'Toole. Originally from Renews, Newfoundland, Lawrence O'Toole became well known as a movie critic for Maclean's; he now lives in New York. A version of "Goodbye to the Wren and the Fools" appeared in Saturday Night in December 1990 and, in a different form, in Heart's Longing: Newfoundland, New York and the Distance Home (1994). This version of "Goodbye to the Wren and the Fools" appears by permission of the author.