Paul Quarrington's novel King Leary (Random House) brought home the prize in last year's Canada Reads debates. As we anticipate this year’s passionate discussion of five great CanLit choices, you can hear King Leary read on the Between The Covers podcast.
Michael Hogan left the bridge of Battlestar Galactica to narrate the story of 87-year-old Percival Leary — a dryly funny, cantankerous man who lives in a nursing home and relives his days of hockey glory with an equally ancient roommate and a quirky nurse.
Episode one: An aging hockey star is given the opportunity to relive past glory.
Episode two: We meet Leary’s best friend — a man who would influence his whole life.
Episode three: Leary’s memories of his career are different from everyone else’s.
Each episode of Between The Covers is between 15 and 17 minutes. If you missed previous podcasts you can download them at Between the Covers podcasts.
And if you’re interested in readings of other Canadian books, check out the Hear A Reading page on the Between the Covers site. At the moment, you can listen to Lawrence Hill’s media satire Some Great Thing (Turnstone Press) and Shauna Singh Baldwin’s epic What the Body Remembers (Knopf).
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