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A funny bit of satire that covers many aspects of Canadian life that had me chuckling along. Some chapters were a hit or miss.
 
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mackinsquash | 1 andere bespreking | Aug 15, 2020 |
Yay! A silly book where my home province of New Brunswick is run by a sinister cabal of feudalistic light house keepers and where all mentions of Fabricland must be followed by a more forceful shout of Fabricland! And, while Canada is indeed in the top three of non-Caribbean North American countries, having all these giggles and snark in one place can be somewhat overwhelming. A tweet now-and-then is less overwhelming. There's a lot in this listicley book -- and thankfully not too much about hockey since I know nothing about hockey (for example, I thought hockey had a half-time until I was twenty-six).

It's cute, but I don't know what you'd do with this book after you read it once. Maybe flip through now and then when the moose and polar bears outside your summer igloo want to steal your double-double and the barbaric cultural practices phone line doesn't seem to be working to help cheer your Soviet Cannuckistan self up.

150 Years of Stats Canada! by Andrew Bondy, Julia Davidovich, Sam Montgomery and Thomas Eric Taylor went on sale June 6, 2017.

I received a copy free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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reluctantm | 1 andere bespreking | Dec 18, 2017 |
Stats Canada: Satire on a National Scale is a collection of humourous "facts" about that country, some of which are funny and some of which are just dumb. The kind of book to browse through every now and then, and then to completely forget about.
 
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thefirstalicat | May 2, 2016 |

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