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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... MARILYN BOWERING is an award - winning novelist , poet , and playwright whose first novel , To All Appearances a Lady , was a New York Times Notable Book . Her second novel , Visible Worlds , was shortlisted for the prestigious Orange ...
... MARILYN BOWERING is an award - winning novelist , poet , and playwright whose first novel , To All Appearances a Lady , was a New York Times Notable Book . Her second novel , Visible Worlds , was shortlisted for the prestigious Orange ...
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Timothy Findley. Introduction by Marilyn Bowering Novels are often seen as reflections of their time and place , and it's tempting to suggest that Canada's wish to view itself in the intoxi- cating mirror of resurgent nationalism played ...
Timothy Findley. Introduction by Marilyn Bowering Novels are often seen as reflections of their time and place , and it's tempting to suggest that Canada's wish to view itself in the intoxi- cating mirror of resurgent nationalism played ...
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Timothy Findley. With an Introduction by MARILYN BOWERING " Raw and revelatory in the most personal of ways . " Marilyn Bowering The Last of the Crazy People is Timothy Findley's first novel , the compelling story of an eleven - year ...
Timothy Findley. With an Introduction by MARILYN BOWERING " Raw and revelatory in the most personal of ways . " Marilyn Bowering The Last of the Crazy People is Timothy Findley's first novel , the compelling story of an eleven - year ...
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Section 1 | 21 |
Section 2 | 25 |
Section 3 | 37 |
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