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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... asked in a low , cough- covered voice . Rosetta , from long practice , did not reply . What she had “ done ” gleamed and glistened all about them as they moved into the living room . " How many years , ” she thought , " haven't I ...
... asked in a low , cough- covered voice . Rosetta , from long practice , did not reply . What she had “ done ” gleamed and glistened all about them as they moved into the living room . " How many years , ” she thought , " haven't I ...
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... asked him . " I haven't gone to bed , " said Hooker , “ yet . " " Go to bed now , then . You mustn't get ill . " Hooker watched . Had she forgotten ? Could she have really forgot- ten who he was - how old he was - what time it was ? " I ...
... asked him . " I haven't gone to bed , " said Hooker , “ yet . " " Go to bed now , then . You mustn't get ill . " Hooker watched . Had she forgotten ? Could she have really forgot- ten who he was - how old he was - what time it was ? " I ...
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... asked . " Not yet , dear . " " Good . Then I will . " " I'll get some coffee , " said Rosetta , and went back inside . Hooker's parents were alone , now , in their back yard , waiting among the shrubs and the dust for their son . Jessie ...
... asked . " Not yet , dear . " " Good . Then I will . " " I'll get some coffee , " said Rosetta , and went back inside . Hooker's parents were alone , now , in their back yard , waiting among the shrubs and the dust for their son . Jessie ...
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Section 2 | 25 |
Section 3 | 37 |
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