October 1970

This is a masterful work. Hamelin, a novelist and academic, has massaged prodigious research and historical fact into a book that had me laughing and weeping at the same time. Linda Diebel, Toronto Star

It's a great ride. This novel carries on the traditions of conspiracy-theory fiction such as James Ellroy's The Cold Six Thousand, about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. But October 1970 is a lot funnier and easier to read. Duncan McMonagle, Winnipeg Free Press

...October 1970 is a masterful roman à clef about a defining moment in Quebec history. Jeff Heinrich, Montreal Gazette

As a novel that orchestrates the forces, large and small, that compete to dominate and control both personal and public lives, it’s masterful. It successfully captures the feeling of the time and place, it allows the people, the ideas and the actions to speak for themselves, it moves the reader with suspense and tragedy. Michel Basilières, Globe and Mail

Hamelin has crafted a politically engaged plot that moves at the speed of a Hollywood thriller. Steven W Beattie, Quill & Quire