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Books
and Films by David Laing Dawson
The author of four published novels,
translated into 7 languages, now brings us a new,
compelling story of crime, addictions, of love and redemption,
played out in the shadows of a post- industrial steel town. Known
as a Canadian Elmore Leonard, Dawson is perhaps a little
kinder and gentler, but no less real. What critics have said about his
previous novels:
Last
Rights
- "Dawson's vital
characters and the ambience of his city
and institutional scenes
earn him respect as the author of both a superb mystery and a
compelling novel" - Publisher's Weekly
Essondale
- "Dawson's greatest
strength is that he makes no judgements...." - Quill
& Quire
Double
Blind
- ".. a medical mindblower.
Dawson proves a surehanded competitor of Robin Cook" -
Publisher's Weekly
 Slide in all
Direction - Novel - 238 pages $19.95 Buy
Now
From the shadows of failing steel mills and
the back alleys of urban decay, comes a story of addictions, crime,
mental illness, and of redemption, love and
family. Published 2008
 Class of '67 - Novel - 236
pages
$19.95 Buy
Now
During the tumultuous sixties,
Dr. Robert Snow interns in a big city hospital. Dawson lets his
readers feel the triumphs and tragedies, the exhausting,
overwhelming experiences of hospital life and death. Set against the
social upheavals of 67/68 the author once again gives us vital
characters struggling in an ambience that rings all too
true.
 Cutting for
Stone - Feature film - Watch Trailer
Available on DVD at the
Gallery
As friends and family watch
helplessly, a young man descends into the terrors of schizophrenia.
A dramatic yet honest depiction of the effects of this often
misunderstood
illness. | 
