What a shock. RBW was probably my favourite author. I've often said that The Age of Longing was the great Canadian (short) novel. I've read almost everything he wrote. Final Things was one of the most disturbing and depressing novels I've ever read, and yet, it was still right in his style. Farthing's Fortune(s) was completely different from his other works, one of the few times he stepped out and headed off in a completely different direction. I even loved the flawed books, such as The Teacher's Daughter. They were all so enjoyable, and I'm just completely shocked.