Spanish Fly

By Will Ferguson

Book Overview

Will Ferguson's Spanish Fly was long-listed for an IMPAC Dublin Award and short-listed for a Leacock Medal for humor. Times are tough for young Jack McGreary in the American Dust Bowl. Living with his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143055143
• ISBN13: 9780143055143
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Penguin Canada
• Length: 408 Pages

Customer Reviews

Ferguson keeps getting better!

i just stumbled upon Ferguson's early work "Happiness" in a second hand book shop, and really enjoyed it. It was witty, populated with characters that were suitably flawed and human, and a plot that kept you reading. His latest is even better - with a wonderfully crafted backdrop of the late 1930's in the dust-bowl hard scramble U.S. Ferguson creates a foreshadowing of a dark cloud of a coming war, through small clips of events in Europe. (Ferguson is slightly off on some historical details in these snippets, but they still are used to good effect). Essentially a story of a small town young man who meets with a pair of grifters and discovers much about life, human nature and himself. An absolute pleasure to read! Marc L.