The Best Laid Plans by Fallis, Terry

The Best Laid Plans (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780771047589)

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Format: Paperback
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The Best Laid Plans by Fallis, Terry

The Best Laid Plans

$18.95
The Best Laid Plans by Fallis, Terry

The Best Laid Plans

$18.95
Format: Paperback
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WINNER OF CBC CANADA READS
WINNER OF THE STEPHEN LEACOCK MEDAL FOR HUMOUR

Here's the set up: A burnt-out politcal aide quits just before an election--but is forced to run a hopeless campaign on the way out. He makes a deal with a crusty old Scot, Angus McLintock--an engineering professor who will do anything, anything, to avoid teaching English to engineers--to let his name stand in the election. No need to campaign, certain to lose, and so on.

Then a great scandal blows away his opponent, and to their horror, Angus is elected. He decides to see what good an honest M.P. who doesn't care about being re-elected can do in Parliament. The results are hilarious--and with chess, a hovercraft, and the love of a good woman thrown in, this very funny book has something for everyone.

Author: Terry Fallis
ISBN-10: 0771047584
ISBN-13: 9780771047589
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Language: English
Published: 09/05/2008
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
By Terry Fallis
By Terry Fallis
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TERRY FALLIS grew up in Toronto and earned an engineering degree from McMaster University. Drawn to politics at an early age, he worked for cabinet ministers in Ottawa and at Queen's Park. His first novel, The Best Laid Plans, began as a podcast, then was self-published, won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, was re-published by McClelland & Stewart to great reviews, was crowned the 2011 winner of CBC's Canada Reads as "the essential Canadian novel of the decade," and was adapted as a CBC Television series and a stage musical. His next two novels, The High Road and Up and Down were finalists for the Leacock Medal, and in 2015, he won the prize a second time, for his fourth book, No Relation. His other novels include Poles Apart, One Brother Shy, Albatross, and Operation Angus, and were all national bestsellers. A skilled public speaker, he lives in Toronto with his wife, and blogs at www.terryfallis.com.

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