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Author: Colin McAdam
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May 2005
 | Some Great Thing
by Colin Mcadam
Raincoast Books $34.95 Hardcover
ISBN: 1551926954
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A Review of: Some Great Thing
by W.P.Kinsella
Some Great Thing is an ambitious novel. Two men live parallel lives
until they eventually intersect. Jerry McGuinty is a working-class
young man with grand dreams and the smarts to bring them to fruition.
It is the 1970s and Ottawa is having a building boom, and Jerry
becomes successful and wealthy by building quality houses. His
difficulties stem from meeting and marrying a spirited Irish caterer
named Kathleen Herlihy, who proves to be rancorous and even at a young
age has an inordinate thirst for whiskey. They have a son, Jerry Jr.,
and the final third of the book is about Jerry Sr. trying to reconnect
... Read more...
| Jun 2004
 | Some Great Thing
by Colin Mcadam
Raincoast Books $34.95 Hardcover
ISBN: 1551926954
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A Review of: Some Great Thing
by W. P. Kinsella
Some Great Thing is an ambitious novel. Two men live parallel lives
until they eventually intersect. Jerry McGuinty is a working class
young man with grand dreams and the smarts to bring them to fruition.
It is the 1970s and Ottawa is experiencing a building boom, and Jerry
becomes successful and wealthy by building quality houses. His
difficulties stem from meeting and marrying a spirited Irish caterer
named Kathleen Herlihy, who proves to be rancorous and even at a young
age has an inordinate thirst for whiskey. They have a son, Jerry Jr.,
and the final third of the book is Jerry Sr. trying to reconnect with
... Read more...
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