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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... window . He motioned with his hands . He tried to push away the noise . Little Bones watched him . Hooker pulled on his running shoes and gym shorts , and lifted up the box that he had hidden in the curtains by the window . The wood it ...
... window . He motioned with his hands . He tried to push away the noise . Little Bones watched him . Hooker pulled on his running shoes and gym shorts , and lifted up the box that he had hidden in the curtains by the window . The wood it ...
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... window . They could all hear the same robins and even the muted traffic from the far - distant city . Even Nicholas , sitting out in the stable , could hear , but he did not listen . Now , Iris and Hooker and Rosetta waited . Rosetta ...
... window . They could all hear the same robins and even the muted traffic from the far - distant city . Even Nicholas , sitting out in the stable , could hear , but he did not listen . Now , Iris and Hooker and Rosetta waited . Rosetta ...
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... windows . Iris stood at the kitchen window . Jessie , who had been awake all night , peered through the gauze of her curtains , upstairs . Hooker wore his straw hat , the one with the ribbons . To the onlookers , his back seemed ...
... windows . Iris stood at the kitchen window . Jessie , who had been awake all night , peered through the gauze of her curtains , upstairs . Hooker wore his straw hat , the one with the ribbons . To the onlookers , his back seemed ...
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Section 2 | 25 |
Section 3 | 37 |
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