Bag of hammers / Edward Riche.
Bag of hammers / Edward Riche.
By
:
Riche, Edward.
Publication Date
:
2017
Publication Information
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St. Johns, N.L. : Breakwater Books,
Physical Description
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171 p.
Subject Term
:
Essays.
Wit and humor.
Authors.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Summary
:
There are the timeless questions that must be answered: Where is the most boring town in Eastern Canada? How can a government most efficiently mismanage prosperity? Are all of our contemporary psychoses a direct result of the motion-picture montage? As the Newfoundland saying goes, that's "as foolish as a bag of hammers." And in this collection of hilariously creative essays, critically acclaimed writer Edward Riche stretches his satiric muscles to lambaste just about anything that crosses his field of vision. Newfoundland writes a heartfelt letter to Canada, offering to console mainland anger over a pint. The Canadian government brainstorms to find the national symbol it can ruin next. If you think the world is going crazy, Riche will confirm your suspicions as he takes off the kid gloves and trades them for a Bag of Hammers.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781550816860
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Bonavista | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Botwood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Buchans | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Burin | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Carbonear | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Clarenville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Conception Bay South | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Corner Brook | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Deer Lake | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Gander | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Glovertown | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Harbour Breton | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Holyrood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Labrador City | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Lewisporte | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Lourdes | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Old Perlican | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Placentia | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Point Leamington | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Port aux Basques | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Springdale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room | 819.8 R39 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference Provincial Collection | 819.8 R39 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 819.8 R39 |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
St. Lawrence | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Torbay | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Twillingate | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |
Woody Point | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.8 R39 |