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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... seemed to be in a hurry . And he seemed to be looking for someone . The music waltzed up noisily behind Hooker , who was standing very near the orchestra . He watched the dancers as they went . He watched the tiptoed men . He watched ...
... seemed to be in a hurry . And he seemed to be looking for someone . The music waltzed up noisily behind Hooker , who was standing very near the orchestra . He watched the dancers as they went . He watched the tiptoed men . He watched ...
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... seemed confused by their concern . Hooker was aware of the breeze on his legs . He was standing quietly right on the verge of either place the room full of dancers and the terrace filled with watchers . He tried now to continue to lip ...
... seemed confused by their concern . Hooker was aware of the breeze on his legs . He was standing quietly right on the verge of either place the room full of dancers and the terrace filled with watchers . He tried now to continue to lip ...
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... seemed to Hooker , they had lived forever . Passing down the brick sidewalks , the men in the photographs wore ties to work all summer long and came home past the old lawns that still , in the present , smelled of petunia plants , mock ...
... seemed to Hooker , they had lived forever . Passing down the brick sidewalks , the men in the photographs wore ties to work all summer long and came home past the old lawns that still , in the present , smelled of petunia plants , mock ...
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Section 2 | 25 |
Section 3 | 37 |
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