I write while you are sleeping
“Funny, furious, and quietly devastating. What Gentlemen Do gets at something most people miss about struggling cities — that they come back to life not from top-down policies but from the ground up, from a kid in a used bookstore, a song played in an empty downtown, a philosophy class that won't let you quit. A novel about placemaking that never once uses the word. Against the most depressing backdrop, Todd Babiak has written one of the most hopeful things I've read about our relationship to cities and place in years."
—Richard Florida, author of The New Urban Crisis
what gentlemen do
“Few writers can bring together humour, heart, and hope more thoughtfully and powerfully than Todd Babiak, even in a story set against a very bleak but all too real societal landscape. Brilliantly written, this novel tears you down and then lifts you up. Masterful.”
-Terry Fallis, two-time winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour
monument
“Part dark comedy, part thriller, and part coming-of-age tale, Monument is a kaleidoscope of masterful storytelling.”
-Amy Stuart, author of Still Mine
christopher kruse thrillers
“With Come Barbarians, Todd Babiak stands shoulder to shoulder with Greene and le Carré, but makes the world his own…”