Venous Hum rises above the crowd for the potency of the trauma and the sheer mania of the horror. Brash, macabre and irreverent, it's the kind of story you want to hear from a later day Scherazade: So intoxicating you crave more. Suzette Mayr's latest novel weaves an outrageously comical yet surreal tale of broken hearts, burning hearts, and hearts for dinner. Capital Xtra, Mayr is half-German, half-Afro-Caribbean, a lesbian, all-Canadian, and a brilliant author. University of Toronto Quarterly, In Venous Hum, Alberta author Suzette Mayr tuns the horror of high school reunions into genuine comic horror. One of the funniest, most entertaining works of fiction on the 2004 list, this is a bold and often outrageous work about girls going wild. _The Chronicle Herald, Venous Hum, an almost unpronouncable title by Suzette Mayr, is an exciting experience from beginning to end. VUE Weekly, Mayr is half-German, half-Afro-Caribbean, a lesbian, all-Canadian, and a brilliant author.
a funny, insightful, sexy, intelligent horror novel with memorable characters that never takes itself too seriously. It's the exclamation mark at the end of the sentence that announces the end of literary fiction as we know it and the beginning of something entirely new. A satire on race, gender, sexual preference and vegetarianism, this is a magic-realist novel that will throw your assumptions of the world and the people who inhabit it out the window. But in the wake of such chaos, the only constant is the hum of the blood coursing through her veins. What initially seemed like a simple task becomes increasingly complicated for Lai Fun, but the past is nothing compared to her messy present: Her marriage to a successful businesswoman is crumbling, she's having an affair with a man (who happens to be Stefanja's husband) and her oddly supernatural mother-an immigrant vegetarian with an unusual appetite-only wants her daughter to be happy. Brash, clever and monstrously funny, Venous Hum charts the lives of Lai Fun Kugelheim and Stefanja Dumanowski, best friends who, upon hearing the news of an old high school acquaintance's death, are gripped by an insatiable nostalgia and organize a 20-year reunion. But when you throw in racial and sexual tensions, extramarital affairs and cannibalistic, undead vegetarians, it's hell times infinity. a powerful and compelling debut."- Calgary Herald High school reunions can be hell.
with a giddy eclecticism."- Canadian Forum "An exciting literary journey. with] a happy and delicious ending."- Quill & Quire Praise for Moon Honey "Mayr skewers her characters mercilessly and mixes references. Praise for The Widows "Engagingly written."- Canadian Literature "A comic novel.
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