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Author: Colin McAdam


May 2005
Some Great Thing
by Colin Mcadam

Raincoast Books $34.95 Hardcover
ISBN: 1551926954

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

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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