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  • Published: 15 September 2013
  • ISBN: 9780099575221
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $29.99

Why Men Lie




A middle-aged woman finds what she thinks is love in later life - a brilliant new novel from the winner of the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Effie Gillis is a history professor teaching at a major university. She is also a survivor - of a troubled childhood, two failed marriages and numerous relationships which, for the most part, ended badly.

Now, out of her past, arrives a man who is familiar and yet mysterious; mature, wise, and full of youthful energy. His presence is a reassurance, but he also carries with him an aura that is menacing.

Slowly she becomes dependent on a relationship that's rich in truth and promise - but doomed by the lie that gave it life.

Drawing on both minor and major characters from his two previous novels, The Long Stretch and The Bishop's Man, Why Men Lie is a story of longing, love and loss in middle age.

  • Published: 15 September 2013
  • ISBN: 9780099575221
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Linden MacIntyre

Linden MacIntyre is the co-host of the fifth estate and the winner of nine Gemini awards for broadcast journalism. He is the author of the bestselling novel, The Long Stretch, nominated for a Libris Award and the Books in Canada first novel award. His most recent book, The Bishop's Man, won the 2009 Giller Prize.

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Praise for Why Men Lie

Accomplished and moving novel

Book Oxygen

Absolutely brilliant...has the flavour of a peaty singlemalt

Globe and Mail

Powerful and compelling

National Post

Well-staged and very engrossing

William Leith, Evening Standard