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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... smell of axle grease and oil . There was the smell , too , of old green straw and a bitter smell from oily cobwebs and a smell of rusted , dampish metal that came from the bars and fixtures of the horse stalls down one side . Each stall ...
... smell of axle grease and oil . There was the smell , too , of old green straw and a bitter smell from oily cobwebs and a smell of rusted , dampish metal that came from the bars and fixtures of the horse stalls down one side . Each stall ...
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... smell of trees , too , and the smell of warm dust . He looked down and saw that there was dust on his shoes . “ I should have put on my other clothes to come here , damn it all , " he thought . Then he began to walk carefully , lifting ...
... smell of trees , too , and the smell of warm dust . He looked down and saw that there was dust on his shoes . “ I should have put on my other clothes to come here , damn it all , " he thought . Then he began to walk carefully , lifting ...
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... smell of waxed banisters and the smell of rugs when you lay on the floor to read the funnies . Not many houses had this smell . His own house had it in some rooms , and the Harrises ' house seemed to have it all over . He stepped past ...
... smell of waxed banisters and the smell of rugs when you lay on the floor to read the funnies . Not many houses had this smell . His own house had it in some rooms , and the Harrises ' house seemed to have it all over . He stepped past ...
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Section 2 | 25 |
Section 3 | 37 |
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