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Nomination: Village of the Small Houses: A Memoir of Sorts by Ian Ferguson
Synopsis borrowed from GoodReads: Ian Ferguson won the 2004 Leacock Medal for Humor for this outrageously funny book about growing up destitute in the far north. Beginning with the dramatic events surrounding his birth, the richly recalled events of Ferguson's life and a vivid cast of loveable misfits make for a taut and appealingly idiosyncratic tale. In 1959, just one step ahead of the law, Hank Ferguson (the Ferguson brothers' con-artist dad) headed north in a beat-up two-toned 1953 Mercury Zephyr with his pregnant wife, Louise. He got as far as remote Fort Vermilion. Passing himself off as a teacher at the local "Indian school," he settled his ever-expanding family in what was then Canada's third poorest community. In this spirited reading, originally broadcast on CBC Radio in September 2004, Ian Ferguson's gifts as a comic actor rise exuberantly to the fore. While I'm at it, I'll second the nomination for And Another Thing. |
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03-20-2010, 04:21 AM | #19 |
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I'll second 'A Confederacy of Dunces' - it's one I've been meaning to read for yonks.
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03-20-2010, 07:36 AM | #21 |
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Just to be clear, I was NOT casting my vote in favour of 'And Another Thing' by Eoin Colfer.
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03-20-2010, 08:19 AM | #23 |
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Can we please not nominate any book in a series unless it is book 1 of that series?
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03-20-2010, 08:24 AM | #24 |
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I'll second Topper and say that it is also available at Feedbooks in ePub.
http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1497 |
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I'll third Topper, which looks interesting.
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03-20-2010, 08:50 AM | #26 |
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I'd like to nominate Three Men in a Boat (1989) by Jerome K. Jerome.
According to wikipedia, "...since its publication, Three Men in a Boat has never been out of print. It continues to be popular to the current day, with The Guardian ranking it #33 on The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time in 2003, and Esquire ranking it #2 in the 50 Funniest Books Ever in 2009". Available in MR Last edited by beppe; 03-20-2010 at 08:55 AM. |
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I'll propose "My man Jeeves" which is on Gutenberg
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I second The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald.
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03-20-2010, 08:56 AM | #29 |
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And for my third vote, I'll second "Three men in a boat"
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03-20-2010, 09:22 AM | #30 |
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We've already done 'Three Men in a Boat'.
But I don't think there's a rule about excluding previous MRBC choices. Last edited by Sparrow; 03-20-2010 at 09:24 AM. |
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