Ticknor

" A small masterpiece" ("National Post")-- An utterly original first novel from a rising international star On a cold, rainy night, an aging bachelor named George Ticknor prepares to visit his childhood friend Prescott, now one of the leading intellectual lights of their generation. Reviewing a life of petty humiliations, and his friend' s brilliant career, Ticknor sets out for the dinner party-- a party at which he' d just as soon never arrive. Distantly inspired by the real-life friendship between the great historian William Hickling Prescott and his biographer, "Ticknor" is a witty, fantastical study in resentment. It recalls such modern masterpieces of obsession as Thomas Bernhard' s "The Loser" and Nicholson Baker' s "The Mezzanine" and announces the arrival of a charming and original novelist, one whose stories have already earned her a passionate international following. " A perceptive act of ventriloquism, ["Ticknor]" rewards thought and rereading, and offers a finely cadenced voice, intelligence and . . . moody beauty." -- Catherine Bush, "The Globe and Mail" " Confoundedly strange [and] fascinating." -- Nicholas Dinka, "Quill & Quire"Heti, Sheila is the author of 'Ticknor ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780374277543 and ISBN 0374277540.