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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... Winslow . The telephone rang . Iris rose and crossed the floor . The telephone was attached to the wall near the dining room door . " Winslow residence , Miss Iris Browne speaking . Yes ? " Hooker watched and listened . " I told you ...
... Winslow . The telephone rang . Iris rose and crossed the floor . The telephone was attached to the wall near the dining room door . " Winslow residence , Miss Iris Browne speaking . Yes ? " Hooker watched and listened . " I told you ...
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... Winslow speaking . I'm calling for Nicholas Winslow . We have lost a little boy . No. Miss Winslow . I am Nicholas Winslow's sister . That's right . Yes , Miss Winslow . We live on Perry Avenue , right at the end . ” There was a pause ...
... Winslow speaking . I'm calling for Nicholas Winslow . We have lost a little boy . No. Miss Winslow . I am Nicholas Winslow's sister . That's right . Yes , Miss Winslow . We live on Perry Avenue , right at the end . ” There was a pause ...
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... Winslow , ' Mr. Brown would say , ' you're slow , you know that ? You don't belong in this class here , because you don't even understand that two - and - two make bloody - well four . ' He wanted blind obedience to fact , but to me all ...
... Winslow , ' Mr. Brown would say , ' you're slow , you know that ? You don't belong in this class here , because you don't even understand that two - and - two make bloody - well four . ' He wanted blind obedience to fact , but to me all ...
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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