Last year Paul Quarrington’s novel King Leary (Random House) brought home the Canada Reads gold. It’s the quirky tale of an aging hockey star, Percival Leary, remembering younger days and the glory of his career. The Between the Covers podcast is presenting the 2008 winner as this year’s battle of the books approaches.
At this point in our tale little Leary and Manny Oz are developing their hockey skills but the rest of the world is drifting towards war. As we pick up the story the joys of winning an all-Ontario championship are balanced against some pressing decisions the young men must make.
Episode seven: War comes to little Leary and the Bowmanville Boys Reformatory.
Episode eight: Manny Oz and Leary return from war.
Episode nine: We meet the love of Manny's life.
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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