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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... birds or mice . They paid no apparent attention to each other ; although they moved in perfect unison toward the stable . Hooker threw a piece of dead wood at them . They looked surprised . They started back onto their hind legs and ...
... birds or mice . They paid no apparent attention to each other ; although they moved in perfect unison toward the stable . Hooker threw a piece of dead wood at them . They looked surprised . They started back onto their hind legs and ...
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... birds have you buried ? So far ? " asked Gilbert , winking at Iris . " I don't know . Twenty . I guess I don't know . And a lot of mice . " Iris got out a large , dusty white bag of potatoes . She got out a paring knife . She got out ...
... birds have you buried ? So far ? " asked Gilbert , winking at Iris . " I don't know . Twenty . I guess I don't know . And a lot of mice . " Iris got out a large , dusty white bag of potatoes . She got out a paring knife . She got out ...
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... birds and toads and frogs spread around her , dry , dusty , and welded with grass . There was just one grave , one silence . Iris shaded her eyes and took her final look at the field . " Oh , Lord , " she thought . “ This is such a ...
... birds and toads and frogs spread around her , dry , dusty , and welded with grass . There was just one grave , one silence . Iris shaded her eyes and took her final look at the field . " Oh , Lord , " she thought . “ This is such a ...
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