Last Of The Crazy People
by Timothy Findley
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Read in June, 2008
I've heard nothing but amazing things about Timothy Findley -- but perhaps I should've started with "Not Wanted on the Voyage" (if only it'd been in at the library!).
Last of the Crazy People is a bizarre story. Our protagonist is a young boy whose mother has locked herself in her bedroom in anger, whose older brother who is in a constant struggle with adult society, whose father isn't, whose aunt obsessively straightens her hair pins and tries to control the living, and whose somew...more
Last of the Crazy People is a bizarre story. Our protagonist is a young boy whose mother has locked herself in her bedroom in anger, whose older brother who is in a constant struggle with adult society, whose father isn't, whose aunt obsessively straightens her hair pins and tries to control the living, and whose somew...more
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Read in November, 2008
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janine, beth
I can't believe that this isn't a southern novel. It has all the elements:
eccentric, brooding characters CHECK
deposed aristocractic family CHECK
rambling old house in a field CHECK
Distressed race relations CHECK
Questionable names for characters and pets CHECK
I love this book that is mysteriously set in Canada. It's equal parts Faulkner's South, Flannery O'Conner's twisted morality and J.D. Salinger's existential dialogue. The writing is spare and exact. There is this ten...more
eccentric, brooding characters CHECK
deposed aristocractic family CHECK
rambling old house in a field CHECK
Distressed race relations CHECK
Questionable names for characters and pets CHECK
I love this book that is mysteriously set in Canada. It's equal parts Faulkner's South, Flannery O'Conner's twisted morality and J.D. Salinger's existential dialogue. The writing is spare and exact. There is this ten...more
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Read in January, 1994
This is the first Findley tale I had ever read and this is where my long time love affair with the author and his works began. A powerful story with extreme resluts, but beautiful and moving nonetheless.
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I loved Findley's book "HeadHunter" I did not love this one. Too gloomy, too inevitably going to come to a bad conclusion. Good depiction of madness and how it poisons the whole family.
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I read this book on a recommendation of a singer I like. Not what I expected but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Made me think a lot.
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