He s a humourist and he also wrote a fairly serious suspense thriller called 419 that won the scotiabank giller prize a few years back.
The shoe on the roof novel.
The shoe on the roof s lasting strength is in such sly jabs at the alternative facts and deep divisions we re now reckoning with making it a tale for the times the globe and mail praise for 419 a deeply ironic thoroughly engaged politico.
This is the first time i read a book and thought oh this is going to be a lovely and light love story then think um nope this is going to be about a friendship foiled again this is about a father and son relationship wait a minute it s about the pharma industry only to arrive at the end and wonder what just happened.
Is a sense of oneness with god nothing more than a reaction to stimulation in a specific part of the brain.
Now imagine meeting another person making the same exact claim.
Can a person be driven sane through behaviour modification and tough love.
Praise for the shoe on the roof ferguson is a skillful and original writer and over all the novel is full of life.
The shoe on the roof focuses heavily on psychological disorders and the brain itself.
4 0 out of 5 stars the shoe on the roof is a fantastic novel that dives deep into the world of psychiatry in relation to religious faith.
The shoe on the roof s lasting strength is in such sly jabs at the alternative facts and deep divisions we re now reckoning with making it a tale for the times the globe and mail.
The shoe on the roof is such a tightly packed novel.
The shoe on the roof a novel book.
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Will ferguson author of the book the shoe on the roof will be taking part in wordfest.
Imagine meeting someone with the same name the same history the same family the same identity as you.
The novel opens with a beautiful scene examining the tension between medical science and well the unknown.
Giller prize winning humorist will ferguson s fourth novel the shoe on the roof is concerned with brains how we think what is real and how our brain chemistry makes us who we are.
Now the only work of his that i ve read aside from his new novel up for review here is 419 which i didn t care for too much.
Canada s will ferguson is known for two things.
What would that do to you.
Three of them wander around boston each convinced he s god s only child.
It s about the afterlife and maybe a bit about.
From the giller prize winning novelist of 419 comes the startling funny and heartbreaking story of a psychological experiment gone wrong.
Is madness a choice.
Praise for the shoe on the roof ferguson is a skillful and original writer and over all the novel is full of life.
In the shoe on the roof will ferguson s latest novel there are would be christs aplenty too.