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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... head forward , smoking and making little facial gestures of discomfort— " how when he was a child and two or three ... head to toe - there would come this little shudder , this pecu- liar little shudder .... ” Nicholas shook . He drank ...
... head forward , smoking and making little facial gestures of discomfort— " how when he was a child and two or three ... head to toe - there would come this little shudder , this pecu- liar little shudder .... ” Nicholas shook . He drank ...
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... head . They waited , but the word remained unattached . She let the lipstick fall into her lap . Immediately she opened the package from Nicholas . Gilbert did not watch at all , now . He sat with his head bowed , his hands dangling ...
... head . They waited , but the word remained unattached . She let the lipstick fall into her lap . Immediately she opened the package from Nicholas . Gilbert did not watch at all , now . He sat with his head bowed , his hands dangling ...
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... head . " Like Topsy . " " Well , " Mr. Tait was heard to speak last , as they moved away , " I wouldn't put it past him to outstrip us all . " As Hooker turned into the shower room at last , he could hear a fresh burst of laughter . It ...
... head . " Like Topsy . " " Well , " Mr. Tait was heard to speak last , as they moved away , " I wouldn't put it past him to outstrip us all . " As Hooker turned into the shower room at last , he could hear a fresh burst of laughter . It ...
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Section 2 | 25 |
Section 3 | 37 |
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