Gros Morne Justice

R. Gordon Moyles is professor emeritus of English at the University of
Alberta, co-author of Imperial Dreams and Colonial Realities: British
Views of Canada, 1880–1914, author of The Salvation Army and the
Public, and the editor of “Improved by Cultiv

Had enough of killer bees? Now you can feast your imagination on killer
bears. On the outskirts of Gros Morne National Park, in western
Newfoundland, they satisfy their craving for human flesh, even venturing
into the town of Deer Lake to kill and gorge. Dozens of men, women, and
children are devoured. But why? That is what this tale of ursine rapine
and human revenge will reveal. And Mallery does it very well, weaving
into his plot a great deal of factual information about bears, some
disquieting facts about commercial hunting, much gruesome information
about the mortuary business (especially about how they might possibly
dispose of human remains), and even some romantic liaisons. Sound
intriguing? If you don’t mind a rather unsatisfactory ending and quite
a few fictional improbabilities, and you don’t mind suspending
disbelief for a while, you will probably enjoy this unusual fictional
treatment of human and animal interrelations.