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Quarrington is the Canadian author of the well-received Life of Hope and Home Game. His success in this entertaining fourth novel is not only creating a memorable character in Canadiens' hockey champion Patrick Leary, "King of the Ice" for most of the first half of the 20th century, but also surrounding him with equally memorable companions. There's Clay Clinton, a likable though Machiavellian con artist-cum-hockey manager, and Leary's best friend; gormless Clifford, King's obese, amiable son, who seems to have inherited some of his father's inability to see reality; Manny Oz, King's challenger for the crown who died ignominiously and alone in a hotel room; Blue Hermann, King's roommate in the nursing home, ace reporter and alcoholic; and the hockey-playing monks of Bowmanville Reformatory, where Leary's career begins. In an odyssey that takes the King from past to present, and from Bywater to Toronto to make a ginger ale "advert," the ghosts and half-truths of Leary's life are satisfyingly resolved.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The winner of the 2008 Canada Reads debate is a sometimes funny, sometimes poignant story about an aging hockey star. But you don't need to be a hockey fan to enjoy it. Tracked down by a young advertising executive, King Leary is invited to Toronto to record a ginger ale commercial alongside the NHL's newest hockey sensation. Leary travels to the big city with his roommate and a slightly off-kilter male nurse, but he's also accompanied by his ghosts: Clay Clinton, his one-time best friend and former hockey manager; Manny Oz, Leary's challenger for the crown; and the hockey-playing monks of Bowmanville Reformatory, where Leary's career began. In this fast-paced, often quirky novel, read by Michael Hogan and produced by Heather Brown of CBC Vancouver, Quarrington manages a magical balance between comedy and pathos.
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