cover image Angel Square

Angel Square

Brian Doyle. Bradbury Press, $10.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-02-733210-0

Tommy, alias ""Lamont Cranston, the Shadow,'' and his friends Killer Bodnoff and CoCo Laframboise try to discover the man who assaulted Sammy Rosenberg's father. Tommy and Sammy are best friends, but in Lowertown, Ottawa, religion is what matters. Tommy is sure that if he finds Mr. Rosenberg's assailant, Mr. Rosenberg will recover and Sammy will return from Toronto (where his father is hospitalized); further, Tommy would be able to impress the girl of his dreams, Margot Lane. Although the message of tolerance here is heavy-handedthere are many fights between the differing faiths, and Tommy's mentally handicapped sister Pamela has been the victim of a nasty prankreaders may enjoy the more amusing dilemmas in Tommy's life, and will be reassured by the touching reunion of Tommy and Sammy on Christmas Day. (9-11)