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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... look . You know ? Kind of , ' Look at me , buster , I know a thing or two that you don't know . " " And then Iris laughed , but Hooker did not laugh with her . Gilbert did . " That's a lie , " Hooker said . " It doesn't take them all ...
... look . You know ? Kind of , ' Look at me , buster , I know a thing or two that you don't know . " " And then Iris laughed , but Hooker did not laugh with her . Gilbert did . " That's a lie , " Hooker said . " It doesn't take them all ...
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... looked at its tip . He stuck his finger in and lifted the bottle up off the ground . " You'll break it , " said Hooker , " and cut off your finger . " Gilbert let the bottle down . " Hooker , " he said , " tell me . What is crazy ? " Hooker ...
... looked at its tip . He stuck his finger in and lifted the bottle up off the ground . " You'll break it , " said Hooker , " and cut off your finger . " Gilbert let the bottle down . " Hooker , " he said , " tell me . What is crazy ? " Hooker ...
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... Hooker looked out , and there was Gilbert , trying to maneuver closer to a man whom Hooker recognized from his pictures in the paper - Railroad Parker . He was standing with the Harrises . Instinctively , Hooker looked to see if he held ...
... Hooker looked out , and there was Gilbert , trying to maneuver closer to a man whom Hooker recognized from his pictures in the paper - Railroad Parker . He was standing with the Harrises . Instinctively , Hooker looked to see if he held ...
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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