The Adjustment League

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"Fiercely alive, marked by a sharp, unerring eye for detail and a wonderful way with metaphors."Toronto Star

At a psychiatric hospital in the eighties, patients formed what they called The Adjustment League to protect themselves against the depredations of a corrupt and abusive staff. Many years later, the leader of this groupa man known only as "The Super" receives a letter leading to the discovery of a pornographic ring in need of "adjustment."

Mike Barnes is the author of eight previous books. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he lives and writes in Toronto, Ontario.

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Praise for The Adjustment League "Mike Barnes's The Adjustment League weaves together elements of a psychological drama and a noir thriller as it follows a nameless man who feels compelled to right the wrongs inflicted on the helpless ... The dialogue flows naturally within a narrative that tightens, flares, and grows intense with perceptive descriptions, references, and allusions ... [B]oth a literary tour de force and a deft psychological thriller."--Foreword Reviews "Masterful...The Adjustment League is suspenseful, exquisitely written and--at times--corrosively funny."--Maclean's

Author Bio

Mike Barnes is the author of Calm Jazz Sea, shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, Aquarium, winner of the 1999 Danuta Gleed Award for best first book of stories by a Canadian, The Syllabus, a novel, and the short fiction collection Contrary Angel. His stories have appeared twice in Best Canadian Stories, three times in The Journey Prize Anthology, and won the Silver Medal for Fiction at the National Magazine Awards. He lives in Toronto.