Inspecting the Vaults, Eric McCormack
Inspecting the Vaults, Eric McCormack
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Inspecting the Vaults

Author: Eric McCormack

Narrator: James Gillies

Unabridged: 6 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/28/2018


Synopsis

Eric McCormack was born in a small village in Scotland. He moved to Canada in 1966 and attended the University of Manitoba. He taught English for more than thirty years at St. Jerome's College at the University of Waterloo, specializing in seventeenth-century and contemporary literature. He has been a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Governor General's Award. He lives in Kingston, Ontario.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on December 04, 2013

The 1993 edition includes the novella The Paradise Motel. It also includes a cover blurb from a Montreal Gazette review: "odd and unsettling ... murder, deformity and cruelty are treated as everyday occurrences." McCormack taught contemporary literature at the University of Waterloo while I attended......more

Goodreads review by Nathalie on September 23, 2024

I was taken on so many travels, most of them deliciously twisted. McCormack brought me into character-driven worlds. Each of the characters' psyche - well crafted when confronted with the absurdity of their reality - so very pulling. For lovers of the macabre. Perfect for the fall.......more

Goodreads review by Maddy on September 15, 2019

Some interesting images, but little plot and a general feeling of "why?" There seems to be an interest in metatextuality and social repression (as well as a desire to shock) but like, not in a way that interested me. There's also a tendency to project some white-guy nonsense onto aboriginal cultures......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on June 02, 2022

Some truly creative and disturbing scenes of body horror. As others have noted about McCormack, he is more interested in mood and style than in plot. But the writing is good and the ideas strong, so I would consider checking out his later books.......more

Goodreads review by Tag on June 25, 2015

There are some ups and downs in this collection, but I love McCormack. Terrific short stories you will find here: Inspecting The Vaults, The Swath, Captain Joe, Edward and Georgina, Festival.......more