The Last of the Crazy PeoplePenguin Canada, 1 juil. 2008 - 224 pages While other 11-year-old boys are preoccupied with things like hockey, television and having fun, Hooker broods about his dysfunctional home-life. With a mother who refuses to leave her room, a brother in an alcoholic haze and a father who's unable to hold things together, Hooker's world is one of bewilderment and conflict. Feeling alone and unhappy, the young boy seeks to put an end to all of the confusion in The Last of the Crazy People, Timothy Findley's astonishing debut novel. |
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... mother . " " Why does it have to be out of my " Why not ? " mother ? " " Well , what about my father ? Can't he swell up , too ? " Iris swal- lowed her gum . " No , " she said . " I beg your pardon ? " said Hooker . " I said no ! " They ...
... mother . " " Why does it have to be out of my " Why not ? " mother ? " " Well , what about my father ? Can't he swell up , too ? " Iris swal- lowed her gum . " No , " she said . " I beg your pardon ? " said Hooker . " I said no ! " They ...
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... Mother ? " The room was colored with evening light . It seemed shady and green- His mother sat by the window in a chair . " Who is it ? Hooker ? " “ Yes'm . ” Jessica did not turn around . He could see that her crucifix , which was very ...
... Mother ? " The room was colored with evening light . It seemed shady and green- His mother sat by the window in a chair . " Who is it ? Hooker ? " “ Yes'm . ” Jessica did not turn around . He could see that her crucifix , which was very ...
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... mother's face was sad to him and beautiful . Hooker did not quite understand this , but on her face there was marked the presence of thwarted peace . Jessie had almost found her haven , when , violently , they had pulled her back from ...
... mother's face was sad to him and beautiful . Hooker did not quite understand this , but on her face there was marked the presence of thwarted peace . Jessie had almost found her haven , when , violently , they had pulled her back from ...
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Section 2 | 25 |
Section 3 | 37 |
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afraid Alberta asked aunt began birds bottle brother cats chair cigarette Clementine color coughed crazy croquet damn dark dead dear door drank Elizabeth Rex eyes face faraway father Fifth Business fingers Frankie Frankie and Johnnie funny Gilbert glass grass hall hands happened Harry Jarman head hear heard Hook Hooker looked Hooker saw Hooker thought Hooker watched inside Iris Janice Parker Jess Jessica Jessie John Harris killed kitchen laughed lawn listen Little Bones living room looked at Hooker lordy Marilyn Bowering Markham College mind mother moved never Nicholas Nick Nick's noise once paused Phoebe Piano Man's Daughter porch quiet remember rose Rosetta seemed sighed silence sitting smell smiled someone sound stairs stared Stone Orchard stood stopped talk tell things Timothy Findley trees turned upstairs voice waited walked What's window Winslow