Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town

Cory Doctorow''s miraculous novel of family history, Internet connectivity, and magical secrets

Alan is a middle-aged entrepeneur who moves to a bohemian neighborhood of Toronto. Living next door is a young woman who reveals to him that she has wings—which grow back after each attempt to cut them off.

Alan understands. He himself has a secret or two. His father is a mountain, his mother is a washing...