{"product_id":"the-incident-report-paperback","title":"The Incident Report - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartha Baillie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a Toronto library, home to the mad and the marginalized, notes appear, written by someone who believes he is Rigoletto, the hunchbacked jester from Verdi's opera. Convinced that the young librarian, Miriam, is his daughter, he promises to protect her from grief. Little does he know how much loss she has already experienced; or does he? \u003ci\u003eThe Incident Report\u003c\/i\u003e, both mystery and love story, daringly explores the fragility of our individual identities. Strikingly original in its structure, comprised of 140 highly distilled, lyric \"reports,\" the novel depicts the tensions between private and public storytelling, the subtle dynamics of a socially exposed workplace. \u003ci\u003eThe Incident Report\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of \"gestures,\" one that invites the reader to be astonished by the circumstances its characters confront. Reports on bizarre public behaviour intertwine with reports on the private life of the novel's narrator. Shifting constantly between harmony and dissonance, elegant in its restraint and excitingly contemporary, \u003ci\u003eThe Incident Report\u003c\/i\u003e takes the pulse of our fragmented urban existence with detachment and wit, while a quiet tragedy unfolds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartha Baillie\u003c\/b\u003e lives and works in Toronto. Her memoir \u003ci\u003eThere Is No Blue \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Hilary Weston Writers Trust non-fiction prize in 2025. Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Incident Report\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was released as the feature film, \u003ci\u003eDarkest Miriam\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Britt Lower, in 2024. \u003ci\u003eThe Search for Heinrich Schlögel\u003c\/i\u003e was an Oprah editors' pick. \u003ci\u003eSister Language\u003c\/i\u003e, co-written with her late sister, Christina Baillie, was a 2020 Trillium Award finalist. Martha's nonfiction can be found in \u003ci\u003eBrick: A Literary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poetry has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eIowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Her multimedia project based on \u003ci\u003eThe Search for Heinrich Schlögel\u003c\/i\u003e is archived at www.schlogel.ca.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50329873055981,"sku":"9781552454565","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/LGan81kRh69781552454565.webp?v=1784917252","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/the-incident-report-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}