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The Luck of Ginger Coffey

Brian Moore,

Keath Fraser (Afterword)

Start date: May 15, 2011

Finish date: June 30, 2011

Discussion: CanLit Challenge 1939-1967

Discussion leader: Ibis3

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Mar 01, 2011 Ibis3 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Ginger Coffey is, to put it bluntly, a misogynist jerk. But the thing is, he really has no clue. Everything is about him and his inability to succeed the way he wants to. His wife and daughter are adjuncts, just reflections of his failure. They are not people with their own lives and needs, they are there to serve him sandwiches, make him eggs, and (in the case of his wife) open her legs for his pleasure. (view spoiler) ...more

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