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Dave Mason

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Historical Fiction, Mystery, Fiction

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Born in England and raised in Canada, Dave Mason is an internationally recognized graphic designer and cofounder of a number of software companies. He divides his time between Bozeman, Montana, and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

His first novel — EO-N — received 21 literary awards including Best Historical Fiction, Best First Novel, and the 2021 Hemingway Award for 20th Century Wartime fiction, and has been acquired for film and television.

His second novel — Between the Clouds and the River — has received 13 literary awards, and was named a finalist for the 2024 Hemingway Award for 20th Century Wartime fiction.

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	EO-N 4.42 avg rating — 1,162 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Film noir in black ink on white pages. The author serves up post-WW2 Los Angeles as if it was a movie, but in this innovative plot, knowing exactly who the evildoer is from the get go turns the concept of "mystery" inside out. Time capsule. ...more
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Serious secret stuff. A pretty solid textbookish read.
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Serious secret stuff. A pretty solid textbookish read.
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Atmospheric, claustrophobic, and bleak. Beach read!
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Dave Mason and 1 other person liked READER VIEWS's review of Wednesday Night Whites: "There’s simply no other way to start this review other than by saying Wednesday Night Whites by Marci Lin Melvin is one of the most powerful historical thrillers I’ve read in years. Chester is an idyllic village in Nova Scotia. But don’t be fooled. En" Read more of this review »
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Illuminating but man, everything it lit up was brown. Should be a must read in every high school.
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“The one thing I learned for sure from war is that it’s only the people who go on living who feel pain.”
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“leaving her to sob, anxious, confused, and lonely, in a huddled crowd of the sobbing, anxious, confused, and lonely.”
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“the real enemies of any nation were the weak old men who would send its strong young men to kill and maim and die in their places”
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