The best laid plans : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 059542872X
- ISBN: 9780595428724
- ISBN: 0771047584
- ISBN: 9780771047589
- Physical Description: xix, 314 pages ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : McClelland & Stewart, 2007.
- Copyright: ©2007.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Douglas Gibson Book." "Emblem"--pages [4] of cover. |
Awards Note: | Stephen Leacock Award for Humour Canada Reads 2011 winner |
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Genre: | Humorous fiction. Political fiction. Humorous fiction. Canadian fiction. Humorous fiction, Canadian. General fiction, humorous. |
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Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Sechelt Public Library | F FALL (Text) | 33260000500182 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Alexis Creek Branch | FAL (Text) | 33923004728626 | General Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Big Lake Branch | FAL (Text) | 33923004694935 | General Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Burns Lake Public Library | AF (Text) | 35198000495151 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Castlegar Public Library | FIC FAL (Text) | 35146001577295 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Creston Public Library | FIC FAL (Text) | 35140000908437 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Elkford Public Library | FC FAL (Text) | 35170000396879 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Fernie Heritage Library | FIC FAL (Text) | 35136000234741 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Fort St. John Public Library | AF FAL (Text) | 35211000060568 | ADULT Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Fort St. John Public Library | AF FAL (Text) | 35211000221111 | ADULT Fiction | Available | - |
More information
http://gibsons.bclibrary.ca/site-files/book-club-in-a-bag - Gibsons Book Club In A Bag
TERRY FALLIS grew up in Toronto and earned an engineering degree from McMaster University. Drawn to politics at an early age, he worked for cabinet ministers in Ottawa and at Queenâs Park. His first novel, The Best Laid Plans, began as a podcast, then was self-published, won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, was re-published by McClelland & Stewart to great reviews, was crowned the 2011 winner of CBCâs Canada Reads as âthe essential Canadian novel of the decade,â and was adapted as a CBC Television series and a stage musical. His next two novels, The High Road and Up and Down were finalists for the Leacock Medal, and in 2015, he won the prize a second time, for his fourth book, No Relation. His other novels include Poles Apart, One Brother Shy, Albatross, and Operation Angus, and were all national bestsellers. A skilled public speaker, he lives in Toronto with his wife, and blogs at www.terryfallis.com.