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A Boy of Good Breeding

by Miriam Toews · 1998

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Life in Winnipeg didn't go as planned for Knute and her daughter. But living back in Algren with her parents and working for the longtime mayor, Hosea Funk, has its own challenges: Knute finds herself mixed up with Hosea's attempts to achieve his dream of meeting the Prime Minister — even if that means keeping the town's population at an even 1500. Bringing to life small-town Canada and all its larger-than-life characters, A Boy of Good Breedingis a big-hearted, hilarious novel about finding out where you belong.

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humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisCanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of thisQuebecQuebecMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 248 pages

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