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a while to get interested and for a while it was an enjoyable read, Near the end I found myself skimming pages just to finish, it was a surprisingly good book, I started it and thought the beginning was mediocre, but when I got half way through I was so lost in the connection between characters and how they change into people you never thought they were.
I couldn't stop reading it, Not a great read. But an insight to thinking of builders/construction trades, How a person can be so focused on the activity of construction and miss being a part family life or noticing when alcohol creates problems.
Drifting and probably realistic I picked up this book while in Ottawa for two Canadian dollars and the way our economy is headed, next week, the looney will be worth more than any George Washington.
Anyhow, it was on the bargain bin at a Chapters there which is much like Borders in the states only they play Neon Bible in it's entirety.
I gave it my good old random passage test which, as any avid reader will be sure to know, means turning to a random page and if the paragraph is worthy, you chance the book.
The paragraph I read had to do with a seven year old boy having trouble still with bedwetting and I bought the book which maybe says something about me for an entire summer as a teenager, I actually worked at a sleepaway camp where one of my jobs was to wash the sleeping bags of the bedwetters and both remove and bring the bedding back before any of the other boys caught on.
I was good at that and I felt really happy and proud of myself that none of the young boys were teased because I was remiss.
Anyhow, back to the point, . . feeling a little rambly. Basically, the book shows promise in terms of the writing style but gosh don't you just hate it when you can't connect with any of the main characters I mean, both male protagonists are in theirs or so and just seem completely unattractive.
. . not physically but as people, Like, how about that crazy wife the one man has, . . why not base the entire book from her perspective, . . I could go on but I won't, Read the I would recommend this book to, . . if you're interested in Canadaparticularly Ottawaand housing developments as well as construction this is a worthy read.
If not, let me recommend some Virginia Woolf, . . sigh My second Ottawa novel of the year, In fact, my second novel that involves the Canadian government, And, fortunately, this one is as good as the first André Alexis "Asylum", This novel, too, is far better than its description, It seems like McAdam can do anything he likes, and it works, He cares nothing about breaking rules, trying this and that a, k. a. experimenting. How many excellent Canadian writers are there hiding out across the border This book won some awards but it isn't really my kind of book.
It takes place in Ottawa, modern times, It tells about a building contractor, his wife, and his son, It also tells about a man working with the government, approving the kind of projects being done by the contractor.
At the time, Ottawa is expanding and decisions are made about land use, Basically, both men have dreams of being someone important, Jerry McGuinty is a simple, selfmade builder who claims he can plaster a wall that will change your life.
Simon Struthers is a disaffected businessman who proves the old adage about money and happiness, Together they face the new Ottawa of the seventies: brash, bright, and ready for the taking,

With their different careers and successes, these two strangers seek to carve out their own happinessJerry with his new wife, Simon with his endless affairs and intrigues.
But love can be suffocated by the drive to succeed, and individuals crushed by greed and progress.
Only when both men realize what they have to lose will their lives finally intersect, and the story spiral to its astonishing conclusion.

Set in Ottawa, a nice story of life, successes and failures, and relationships good and bad, mostly bad.
Great at times, boring other times, this one just didn't hit the mark for me, I thought the first half was a struggle, but the story picked up nicely in thend half much more humorous and witty.
A generous. Finally. I have finished this bloody book, It took me, I think, three weeks, And I can't explain why, It was well written most of the time, there WAS a storyline, the characters were quite original and should be interesting but for some reason I didn't care at all.
Maybe you have to be Canadian to feel this book, Or maybe it was the wrong phase of the Moon, Or who knows. I only became somewhat interested in it around page, But I think I can describe the whole experience as 'meh', Which is why I need to read some silly historical romance now, See, what you did to me Colin McAdam I am stunned at

the low ratings on Goodreads.
This is one of the best Canadian novels I have ever read up with "No Great Mischief" and "The Danger Tree".
Not much more that I can say, but I would highly recommend this book,

I lovd this book! Unusual, energetic, funny, sad, Thought the portrayal of Kathleen particularly poignant, and sort of textbook around
women and alcoholism and what it does to a family.
Hope that wasn't a spoiler! She drinks heavily from p, Great about civil service and Ottawa mandarins I hope Colin McAdam publishes another book soon,
I forced myself to finish this book, It has a great premise, but between the strange streamofconsciousness/vernacular dialogue, and the odd heightened reality permeating the character relationships, I hurtled between confusion and despair.
I'm not sure what the author was intending, but it certainly flew over my head, Very well told. A very compelling read. Luin tätä kirjaa suomeksi Jotain suurta, kääntänyt Hilkka Pekkanen, Mulle kävi selväksi jo muutaman kymmenen sivun jälkeen, että en pidä tästä kirjasta enkä jaksa lukea sitä loppuun.
Alku oli todella hämärä ja kirjoitustyyli jokseenkin kokeellinen, mihin ilmeisesti viittaa takakannen luonnehdinta "teknisesti yritteliäs".
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