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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... once been a den upstairs , and he moved in there , alone . Aunt Rosetta took over , completely , all the household duties . Iris took training once a week downtown with the St. John's Ambulance nurses - and his brother Gilbert stood for ...
... once been a den upstairs , and he moved in there , alone . Aunt Rosetta took over , completely , all the household duties . Iris took training once a week downtown with the St. John's Ambulance nurses - and his brother Gilbert stood for ...
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... once once once ... once ... once , some long , long time ago , you'd had a chance to reason with and to appreciate and to savor the mind of mankind . And to take part . " You put it in a book , " Nicholas thought , closing his wife's ...
... once once once ... once ... once , some long , long time ago , you'd had a chance to reason with and to appreciate and to savor the mind of mankind . And to take part . " You put it in a book , " Nicholas thought , closing his wife's ...
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... once I'm proud ; this once I'll get to shine . Mr. Brown is going to eat his cake'- you see . And we got to the time of the reading , and I read it — all emotional at last , ' cause there I was , and I knew how good it was , how right ...
... once I'm proud ; this once I'll get to shine . Mr. Brown is going to eat his cake'- you see . And we got to the time of the reading , and I read it — all emotional at last , ' cause there I was , and I knew how good it was , how right ...
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Section 2 | 25 |
Section 3 | 37 |
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