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Blackout Odyssey

by Victoria Feistner
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All Mallory needs to do to get home is travel across Toronto in a straight line-how hard could it be?


But in this genderbent retelling of Homer's Odyssey set in the 2003 Northeastern Blackout, nothing so simple can ever go according to plan.


Before even boarding the shuttle bus in the east end, she manages to piss off the supernatural, getting a mystical bounty placed on her head. Before long, she's navigating a haunted department store that exists out of time and space, giving dating advice to the lord of the underworld, dodging Russian mobsters and Toronto raccoons, and staging acoustic battles of the bands. All while in a broken pair of heels, just trying to hail a ride—or even find a working pay phone—before the hussy across the hall makes a play for her boyfriend Dylan's affections (and home-cooked meal).

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    August 13, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781928011538

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      • ISBN: 9781928011538
      • File size: 1566 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 28, 2021
      A gender-bent retelling of The Odyssey, Feistner’s enjoyable sophomore novel (after Creampuffs) opens as heroine Mallory leaves her job in the east end of Toronto on a hot and sticky summer day. All Mallory wants is to get home to her boyfriend, Dylan. This would usually be an easy feat, but tonight is different: it’s the start of the Northeast Blackout of 2003. After the lights go out and Mallory loses her wallet in the chaos, she must make a perilous trek across the city, relying on the kindness of strangers and her own wits to get by. Along the way, she encounters many strange sights, among them an underground supernatural world in the depths of Honest Ed’s Discount Store, a pot farm in the Queens Quay streetcar station, and a rock battle—which she joins in on—outside of Lee’s Palace concert hall. Mallory’s stubborn defiance in the face of the weirdness she stumbles on is endlessly entertaining, and her adventures double as a travelogue through famous Toronto sights. Feistner captures beauty, strangeness, and distinct Torontonian flair in her humorous, energetic prose. Fans of fresh takes on classics and quirky quests will find much to love.

    • Booklist

      July 1, 2021
      There's nothing better after a long day at work than a dinner you didn't cook. Mallory can't wait to get home when her boyfriend Dylan tells her he made her something special. Unfortunately, the 2003 Northeast Blackout threatens this mundane happy ending. So does Camilla, a neighbor from across the hall. As Mallory makes her way across the city by foot, taxi, streetcar, and underground tunnel, she is hampered by incidents both fantastic and mundane. Will she get home in time for dinner? Or will she be doomed to wander Toronto forever under magical embargo? Toeing a line between urban fantasy and everyday life, Feistner's novel is a gender bent retelling of the Greek epic. The story takes a while to get weird, but when it does, seemingly anything can happen. Mallory is an engaging and charmingly stubborn protagonist who is easy to root for, and the way she runs into people she knows and asks help from strangers gives the story a delightful rhythm to follow. This is a quick, fun read for fans of reimagined mythology, though still relatable for readers that prefer more realistic settings.

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