Humor books set in Canada (6)


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Bunny by Mona Awad EN

Rating: 4 (14 votes)
Description:
"Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other 'Bunny,' and are often found entangled in a group hug so tight they become one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled 'Smut Salon,' and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching ... continue

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Moccasin Square Gardens : Short Stories by Richard Van Camp EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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The characters of Moccasin Square Gardens inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the sixtieth parallel. These stories are filled with in-laws, outlaws and common-laws. Get ready for illegal wrestling moves ("The Camel Clutch"), pinky promises, a doctored casino, extraterrestrials or "Sky People," love, lust and prayers for peace. While this is Van Camp's most hilarious short story collection, it's also haunted by the lurking presence of the Wheetago, human-devouring monsters of legend that have returned due to global warming and the greed of humanity. The stories in Moccasin Square ... continue

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HUGE by Brent Butt EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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In comedy, killing is a good thing. From the award-winning screenwriter and International Emmy nominee comes this unexpectedly dark and twisted thriller. It's 1994, and three stand-up comedians have embarked on a tour of smaller communities across a remote stretch of rural Canadian countryside. Dale is a 40-something comic from Chicago who's on the back half of a mediocre career and thinking about quitting the business. Rynn is a 20-something fast-rising comedy star from Dublin with a big break into TV on her horizon. And who is this third guy, the hulking young man added to the bill at the la... continue

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The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis EN

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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 bei... continue

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Barney’s Version by Mordecai Richler EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
Charged with comic energy and a steely disregard for any pieties whatsoever, Barney's Version is a major Richler novel, the most personal and feeling book of a long and distinguished career. Told in the first person, it gives us the life (and what a life!) of Barney Panofsky--whose trashy TV company, Totally Useless Productions, has made him a small fortune; whose three wives include a martyred feminist icon, a quintessential JCP (Jewish-Canadian Princess), and the incomparable Miriam, the perfect wife, lover, and mother--alas, now married to another man; who recalls with nostalgia and pain hi... continue

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Destrua Este Diário : by Keri Smith PT

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Um diário costuma servir para anotar ideias, memórias ou registros do cotidiano. Keri Smith, ilustradora e artista canadense, inventou um tipo diferente de diário, que exige do usuário uma interação mais lúdica e inusitada. Com a proposta de estimular a criatividade e questionar convenções sobre a forma como lidamos com os objetos, Destrua este diário nos convida a rasgar páginas, rabiscar, pintar fora das linhas, manchar e até mesmo levar o livro para o banho. A ideia surgiu quando Smith começou a refletir sobre o início da sua carreira como artista e percebeu que o perfeccionismo tão exaltad... continue