The Luck of Ginger Coffey (Unbound)

by Brian Moore (Author)

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Unbound: 221 pages
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (May 8 1978)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0771064462
ISBN-13: 978-0771064463
Shipping Weight: 504 g

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“One of the master craftsmen of the modern novel.”
–Globe and Mail

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“No, for wasn’t this the chance he had always wanted? Wasn’t he at long last an adventurer, a man who had gambled all on one horse, a horse coloured Canada, which now by hook or by crook would carry him to fame and fortune?”

Meet Ginger Coffey, the irrepressible fortune-hunter of Brian Moore’s award-winning novel. The Luck of Ginger Coffey is the robust, funny, sometimes tragic tale of one unforgettable Irish immigrant to Montreal. Buoyed by unfailing optimism, Ginger confronts the ugly realities of life in the New World. Jobs are scarce, people often inhuman. And dreams of glory do not offer any lasting escape from the hard pinch of poverty.

In spite of the battering he receives in his struggle for survival, Ginger Coffey emerges a true hero – the “little” man who can be defeated by anything, except life itself.

The Luck of Ginger Coffey was awarded the Governor General’s Award for Fiction in 1960 and was made into a critically acclaimed motion picture.

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4.0 out of 5 stars There are but two kinds of people on God's good earth..., Feb 22 2003

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This review is from: The Luck of Ginger Coffey (Unbound)

..the Irish, and them that wish they were. So goes the old Irish boast. Reading about Ginger Coffey, the spirit of that saying is captured splendidly. He's a new immigrant to Canada, with a wife and daughter, and like many a new immigrant, he has trouble finding work and earning enough money to support a family. This leads to marital problems, and eventually separation. But through all the hardships Ginger faces, he never loses his will to live. He always has a plan, and rather than let himself become despondent over his prospects, he drives away his pessimism and dreams of tomorrows full of opportunities. Although he eventually reconciles himself to the fact that he's "not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be," (as a certain Great Poet would say), that isn't to say he becomes bitter or loses hope. Like Ginger puts it, "Life [is] the victory, isn't it?"

This book has moments both happy and sad, some terribly poignant, despite the very ordinary subject matter- or maybe because of it (?). Nothing too cerebral, but a grand story with themes the average person can relate to.

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