OTHER AMERICAS

Novel
— Toronto: Simon & Pierre, 1990.

Other Americas is a tale of intrigue that unravels at a teasingly deliberate pace....The novel juxtaposes the adolescence of Keith Merrick, in the Ottawa Valley, with his present-day struggle to find his older brother Don in Colombia. Curiously, Keith becomes more and more like his nemesis, getting his ex-fiancée, following him to Colombia, and actually "becoming" Don in an ironic ending.

Henighan's style is vivid and visual. Many scenes have a cinematic feel to them, crosscutting from Canada to Colombia, or between two locations within Colombia.... Other Americas is an exciting novel - the kind you read quickly in anticipation of the climax.
— The Eye Opener (Ryerson University)

A remarkable first novel...Other Americas may well be the book that vaults Stephen Henighan into the ranks of top Canadian novelists.
— Canadian Book Review Annual 1990

Other Americas is a highly readable, bold first novel.... Henighan's storytelling is well measured and direct.
— Zymergy

This is a very ambitious first novel, and Henighan is to be applauded for his attempt to bring the troubling events in Colombia into the world of his Canadian readers.
— Books in Canada

Henighan is talented....some passages send shivers up the reader's spine.
— Ottawa Citizen