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Paul Quarrington (1953–2010)

Autor(a) de King Leary

19 Works 888 Membros 34 Reviews 5 Favorited

About the Author

Paul Quarrington was born July 22, 1953, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended the University of Toronto, from 1970 to 1972 and graduated from the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto. Besides writing novels, he also wrote for television, film and the stage. Quarrington has won numerous awards for mostrar mais his work including the Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Letters, most promising new writer in 1986; the Periodical Distributors of Canada Authors Award; the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour in 1987 for King Leary; the Governor General's Literary Award for English Language Fiction in Canada in 1989 for Whale Music; and the Matt Cohen Prize for a distinguished lifetime contribution to Canadian literature in 2009. He died of lung cancer on January 21, 2010 at the age of 56. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras de Paul Quarrington

King Leary (1988) 187 cópias
Whale Music (1989) 157 cópias
Galveston (2004) 123 cópias
The Spirit Cabinet (1999) 90 cópias
The Ravine (2008) 65 cópias
Home Game (1983) 61 cópias
Fishing With My Old Guy (1995) 24 cópias
The Life of Hope (1986) 23 cópias
Logan In Overtime (1990) 15 cópias
The service (1978) 7 cópias
The Invention of Poetry (1990) 6 cópias
Whale Music [1994 film] — Screenwriter — 2 cópias
Dying is easy (1999) 1 exemplar(es)

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome padrão
Quarrington, Paul
Nome de batismo
Quarrington, Paul Lewis
Data de nascimento
1953-07-22
Data de falecimento
2010-01-21
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Canada
Local de falecimento
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ocupação
author
musician
Relacionamentos
Hill-1, Dan (vriend)
Premiações
Matt Cohen Prize (2009)

Membros

Resenhas

Classic Quarrington fun! He died way too young
 
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Kgferris | outras 14 resenhas | Jul 12, 2021 |
This book (& movie) turned me into a Paul Quarrington fan. I got into this because The Rheostatics did two albums called "Whale Music".
 
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Kgferris | outras 5 resenhas | Jul 12, 2021 |
This is a choice from a member of my bookclub, otherwise I doubt that I would ever had read it. And, had I been in a different mood, I probably would not have liked at all. But, there is something as “the right book at the right time”, and I did laugh lots in a moment when I needed to find a book that would make me laugh.

The characters are quite stereotypical, but humour is by nature stereotypical characterization. And Quarrington’s humour is fresh, non-cliché. It lacks a certain depth in plot and characters, but there is great originality in its humour, so 3 stars it is.
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RosanaDR | outras 14 resenhas | Apr 15, 2021 |
I did not enjoy this story at all. The writing was competant and kept me reading until the end, but the ending was dark. I think the description is misleading - I found no hope and no redemption.

In addition I found the language and sexual description much more vulgar (and I use that word for its original meaning) than I normally partake in (I read mostly older literature).
 
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ColourfulThreads | outras 5 resenhas | Feb 18, 2021 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
19
Membros
888
Popularidade
#28,847
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Resenhas
34
ISBNs
63
Idiomas
2
Favorito
5

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