Paul Quarrington (1953–2010)
Forfatter af King Leary
Om forfatteren
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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
Værker af Paul Quarrington
The Boy on the Back of the Turtle: Seeking God, Quince Marmalade, and the Fabled Albatross on Darwin's Islands (1997) 36 eksemplarer
Whale Music [1994 film] — Screenwriter — 2 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Quarrington, Paul
- Juridisk navn
- Quarrington, Paul Lewis
- Fødselsdato
- 1953-07-22
- Dødsdag
- 2010-01-21
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Canada
- Dødssted
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Erhverv
- author
musician - Relationer
- Hill-1, Dan (vriend)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Matt Cohen Prize (2009)
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King Leary af Paul Quarrington
Classic Quarrington fun! He died way too young
This book (& movie) turned me into a Paul Quarrington fan. I got into this because The Rheostatics did two albums called "Whale Music".
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.
… (mere)
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.
… (mere)
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).
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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- Værker
- 19
- Medlemmer
- 897
- Popularitet
- #28,561
- Vurdering
- 3.6
- Anmeldelser
- 34
- ISBN
- 63
- Sprog
- 2
- Udvalgt
- 5