The Best Laid Plans

I liked this book. It was warm and entirely Canadian. I know that sounds like faint praise but it fits. I read this in the lead up to the Canadian elections which proved perfect timing as well.

Daniel Addison is trying to escape the cynicism of Ottawa politics, not to mention a betrayal at the hands of his girlfriend. He ends up managing the campaign of an unlikely Liberal candidate with zero chance of being elected - so of course you know how that's going to go.

The issues he has to deal with are way too conveniently solved, answers are altogether too pat, coincidences abound. It's paced like an hour long sitcom instead of a story. It's Corner Gas on Parliament Hill. But it's still eminently likeable. I wouldn't call it a guilty pleasure, more of a cozy read.