Fresh from immersing myself in Lemon, I picked up the Incident Report. Lemon was going to be a hard act to follow, so I was surprised when I just raced through this one. The narrative device in this book is a unique one. The story is told through a series of incident reports by a librarian (Miriam) at a branch of the Toronto Public Library. Miriam's job and life are revealed in tiny snippets, but by the end I felt that I knew her quite well and sympathized with her plight. This is a credit to the writing talents of Martha Baillie, who is able to convey a lot with a little. As a librarian, I was also able to laugh and cringe at the situations in which she found herself. Do pick up this book if you're willing to try out a slightly different narrative device--I think it really works.
4-Stars
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