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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... told me this song before she died , so you shut up about spades and things . And about St. Louis , Missouri . If we people had lived right in Toronto , let alone Carter's Bridge , in 1921 , it could even have happened there . So shut up ...
... told me this song before she died , so you shut up about spades and things . And about St. Louis , Missouri . If we people had lived right in Toronto , let alone Carter's Bridge , in 1921 , it could even have happened there . So shut up ...
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... told him she was sleeping . He gave me a funny - awful — look . Sour - sort of bitter . With his mouth down , you know , but smiling . He told me he wanted to speak to her . He said he wouldn't keep her long . I was afraid she'd open ...
... told him she was sleeping . He gave me a funny - awful — look . Sour - sort of bitter . With his mouth down , you know , but smiling . He told me he wanted to speak to her . He said he wouldn't keep her long . I was afraid she'd open ...
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... told you . I told you . We've got to do something . " There was a sound of shuffling . Rosetta had begun to straighten the furniture and to fuss with the room . " I don't understand - I will never understand you , Nick . " Little Bones ...
... told you . I told you . We've got to do something . " There was a sound of shuffling . Rosetta had begun to straighten the furniture and to fuss with the room . " I don't understand - I will never understand you , Nick . " Little Bones ...
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