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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... someone who will probably write someday , or paint — or create something , and is just waiting now , simply waiting it out . Time . Waiting for the right time . " Rosetta watched Nick's face change as he began this dream — the old dream ...
... someone who will probably write someday , or paint — or create something , and is just waiting now , simply waiting it out . Time . Waiting for the right time . " Rosetta watched Nick's face change as he began this dream — the old dream ...
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... someone will die all of a sudden , or that someone else will get sick , or that Gilbert will end up in jail , or that Miss Jess will bolt her door somehow , and we can't get in , and she'll harm - herself . Death and sickness ! And Miss ...
... someone will die all of a sudden , or that someone else will get sick , or that Gilbert will end up in jail , or that Miss Jess will bolt her door somehow , and we can't get in , and she'll harm - herself . Death and sickness ! And Miss ...
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... someone else . The trees were woven together above him like a puzzle , so he closed his eyes . The gun was his now , he thought . And then it was that it happened . Seemingly from a great distance he began to hear a noise . At first he ...
... someone else . The trees were woven together above him like a puzzle , so he closed his eyes . The gun was his now , he thought . And then it was that it happened . Seemingly from a great distance he began to hear a noise . At first he ...
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