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Pauline Holdstock

Pauline Holdstock moved from England to Canada in 1974. She writes novels, short fiction, essays and book reviews. Her fiction has appeared in the Canadian anthologies Going Some Place (Coteau), Young Blood (Exile), and Valentine’s Day (Duckworth).

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Catch

“This is a fairground, we the entertainment”. In the dramas and longings of a tourist resort on a hot Caribbean night – from a crowded Friday night fish fry to solitary swims in the sea – Pauline Holdstock’s mesmerising story unfolds.