THE ONLY CAFE, the gripping new novel by Scotiabank Giller 
prize-winner Linden MacIntyre, published on August 8th, 2017, and since then it has received rave reviews and has already hit the CBC Books and Globe & Mail bestseller lists! Check out a roundup of the exciting publicity and reviews that the novel has received so far.
PRAISE
“The Only Café will transfix you with its disquieting and cautionary narrative. . . . [J]udicious and expertly timed. . . . The Only Café’s elegant prose attains a lyrical quality. . . . [A] testament to MacIntyre’s dexterity as a storyteller.” —The Globe and Mail
“[S]pare, propulsive and rich in observational detail and dialogue. . . . MacIntyre’s journalism training and experience . . . allow him to explore Lebanon’s labyrinthine, multi-factional civil war with authority and compassion.” —James Grainger, author of Harmless, Toronto Star
“The Only Café is imbued with a feeling of lived authenticity.” —Quill and Quire
Recent Publicity
Recently Linden MacIntyre completed an interview with the House of Crouse. Please listen to it at the following link:
https://soundcloud.com/house-of-crouse/linden-macintyre-episode-116?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter
At CBC Books, MacIntyre revisits his journalism career in an interview with q:
www.cbc.ca/radio/q/wednesday-aug-16-2017-linden-macintyre-ross-golan-bonnie-raitt-and-more-1.4248141/linden-macintyre-revisits-his-journalism-career-for-new-novel-1.4248149
At CBC Books, he also describes the inspiration behind writing THE ONLY CAFE: www.cbc.ca/books/why-journalist-linden-macintyre-channeled-the-violence-he-saw-in-lebanon-into-his-fiction-1.4230981
THE ONLY CAFE was also featured in the CBC Books fall preview: www.cbc.ca/books/the-cbc-books-fall-2017-preview-the-books-you-must-read-this-season-1.4260118
He describes writing about war at Macleans: www.macleans.ca/culture/books/linden-macintyre-on-writing-about-the-reverberations-of-war/
Read an excerpt of THE ONLY CAFE at the following link!: www.beta.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/summer-reading-a-sneak-preview-of-linden-macintyres-new-novel-the-only-cafe/article35586262/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&
THE ONLY CAFE was also featured in the CBC Books fall preview: www.cbc.ca/books/the-cbc-books-fall-2017-preview-the-books-you-must-read-this-season-1.4260118