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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... hair and for her eyes . But her hair , now , was tied with a sort of broad and ugly ribbon , and her eyes were closed . He stared at her . They had lived together for over twenty years . A war ago . A busi- ness career ago . A marriage ...
... hair and for her eyes . But her hair , now , was tied with a sort of broad and ugly ribbon , and her eyes were closed . He stared at her . They had lived together for over twenty years . A war ago . A busi- ness career ago . A marriage ...
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Timothy Findley. hair . She did this only if she expected to be seated , talking , for some time . She would take them all out , adjust her hair net , and then carefully put them all back in , without the benefit of a mirror . " He keeps ...
Timothy Findley. hair . She did this only if she expected to be seated , talking , for some time . She would take them all out , adjust her hair net , and then carefully put them all back in , without the benefit of a mirror . " He keeps ...
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... hair netting . " I can only think of them as people far too— ” She fumbled for some word or other , left it out , and said , " As people I'd never dream of making friends with . Nor would you . They have perverted curiosity , that's all ...
... hair netting . " I can only think of them as people far too— ” She fumbled for some word or other , left it out , and said , " As people I'd never dream of making friends with . Nor would you . They have perverted curiosity , that's all ...
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Section 2 | 25 |
Section 3 | 37 |
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