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Chapter 1 On the last day of school, in June, Hooker had looked at the crowded,
busy schoolyard, and he had sighed with relief. He could never be made to come
back. In the fall, when he was to be twelve, his father was sending him to ...
Chapter 1 On the last day of school, in June, Hooker had looked at the crowded,
busy schoolyard, and he had sighed with relief. He could never be made to come
back. In the fall, when he was to be twelve, his father was sending him to ...
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Hooker sighed. He wanted to lie down. He wanted to go to sleep, but the stare of
the crows prevented him. On the ground, over the newly turned earth, a
procession of insect life, vast and varied, crisscrossed before him. On the very
edge of the ...
Hooker sighed. He wanted to lie down. He wanted to go to sleep, but the stare of
the crows prevented him. On the ground, over the newly turned earth, a
procession of insect life, vast and varied, crisscrossed before him. On the very
edge of the ...
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She was praying, you see, and he wanted to tempt her — anything to stop a
prayer!" Nick sighed and lighted another cigarette. "St. Theresa took up some
holy water and told him to go away. When she threw it in his direction, he
disappeared.
She was praying, you see, and he wanted to tempt her — anything to stop a
prayer!" Nick sighed and lighted another cigarette. "St. Theresa took up some
holy water and told him to go away. When she threw it in his direction, he
disappeared.
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Avis d'utilisateur - lkernagh - LibraryThingSet in the summer months of 1964, the story is about a well-to-do family of breeding residing in a wealthy neighborhood in Ontario. 11-year old Hooker Winslow is surrounded by his family, a family ... Consulter l'avis complet
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Avis d'utilisateur - Katethegreyt - LibraryThingI've read this novel twice. It is a remarkable first novel; Findley lived up to this beginning and then some during his lifetime. The main character is both hero and victim even while he victimizes ... Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
Section 1 | 10 |
Section 2 | 27 |
Section 3 | 48 |
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afraid Alberta asked aunt began birds blue bottle broken pencil cats chair cigarette Clementine color coughed crazy croquet damn dark dead dear door drank eyes face faraway father fingers Frankie Frankie and Johnnie funny Gilbert glass grass hair hall hands happened head hear heard Hook Hooker knew Hooker looked Hooker saw Hooker thought Hooker watched inside Iris Janice Parker Jarman Jess Jessica Jessie John Harris Johnnie killed kitchen Lake Simcoe laughed lawn listen Little Bones living room looked at Hooker lordy Markham College mock orange mother mouth moved never Nicholas Nick Nick's noise once paused Phoebe porch quiet remember rose Rosetta seemed sick sighed silence sitting smell smiled someone sound stable stairs stared stood stopped talk tell things Tony Blair trees turned upstairs voice waited walked What's window Winslow
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | The last of the crazy people |
| Auteur | Timothy Findley |
| Éditeur | Meredith Press, 1967 |
| Original provenant de | l'Université du Michigan |
| Numérisé | 7 mars 2008 |
| Longueur | 282 pages |
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