Barney's Version
by Mordecai Richler | 
JPod
by Douglas Coupland | 
All Families Are Psychotic
by Douglas Coupland | 
The Scapegoat
by Daniel Pennac | 
Heartsnatcher
by Boris Vian | 
The Four Wise Men
by Michel Tournier | 
Rare Birds
by Edward Riche | 
Happiness
by Will Ferguson | 
Scars
by W. P. Kinsella | 
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
by Stephen Leacock | 
King Leary
by Paul Quarrington | 
According to Jake and the Kid
by W. O. Mitchell | 
The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett | 
Straight Man
by Richard Russo | 
Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids
by Rob Elliott | 
This Is Where I Leave You
by Jonathan Tropper | 
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
by Tom Robbins | 
I Heart My Little A-Holes
by Karen Alpert | 
I Like You
by Amy Sedaris | 
How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
by The Oatmeal |
First published in Quebec in 1981, Beauchemin'??s highly acclaimed comic masterpiece of storytelling follows in the tradition of the great novels of the 19th century. When Florent Boissonneault comes to the aid of an accident victim, his life changes forever. One onlooker, the powerful and sinister Egon Ratablavasky, comes to haunt his ambitions and dreams, lurking behind his every opportunity, success, and failure. Finally, obsessed by a need to free himself, Florent discovers how to fight back.