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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... smiled . " I suppose so . " graves to take care of . ” It was pleasant in the kitchen . Even cool . Iris regarded her long , thin , yellowy arms . She smiled , and breathed silently , glad to be alive . She was nearing fifty now , which ...
... smiled . " I suppose so . " graves to take care of . ” It was pleasant in the kitchen . Even cool . Iris regarded her long , thin , yellowy arms . She smiled , and breathed silently , glad to be alive . She was nearing fifty now , which ...
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... smiled . Now , again , he smiled as he took it up . A kid's bike and blue - like the one he'd never had . He wheeled it out through the board gate and into the alley . He bent down to tuck his trousers into his socks , and as he did so ...
... smiled . Now , again , he smiled as he took it up . A kid's bike and blue - like the one he'd never had . He wheeled it out through the board gate and into the alley . He bent down to tuck his trousers into his socks , and as he did so ...
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... smiled . He pretended to remember . " He told me about going to school . " " Yes ? " " And he said I wouldn't like ... smiled . She smiled back . Hooker thought , " Gilbert told her about the poem , too . And she believed him . " The ...
... smiled . He pretended to remember . " He told me about going to school . " " Yes ? " " And he said I wouldn't like ... smiled . She smiled back . Hooker thought , " Gilbert told her about the poem , too . And she believed him . " The ...
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