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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... killed him for love . And that's the end of the song . " Gilbert grunted general disapproval . " Nobody kills someone they love , ” he said . " Maybe not , " said Iris . “ But they will kill because of love . Perhaps they kill some ...
... killed him for love . And that's the end of the song . " Gilbert grunted general disapproval . " Nobody kills someone they love , ” he said . " Maybe not , " said Iris . “ But they will kill because of love . Perhaps they kill some ...
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... kill it , " said Gilbert . Hooker looked away . " It doesn't need to die , ” he said . " Sure it does , " said Gilbert . " Look at its damn neck . It'll bleed to death if you don't kill it . " Hooker shuffled from one foot to the other ...
... kill it , " said Gilbert . Hooker looked away . " It doesn't need to die , ” he said . " Sure it does , " said Gilbert . " Look at its damn neck . It'll bleed to death if you don't kill it . " Hooker shuffled from one foot to the other ...
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... killing it with the hatchet . He thought of the crows and the dragonflies and the field . " If I had a gun , I could kill them without hurting them . " " What're you doin ' there , honey ? " It was Alberta . " Seeing the living room ...
... killing it with the hatchet . He thought of the crows and the dragonflies and the field . " If I had a gun , I could kill them without hurting them . " " What're you doin ' there , honey ? " It was Alberta . " Seeing the living room ...
Table des matières
Section 1 | 21 |
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