This is the story of apocalypse: Apocalypse Nice. And I think one of the characters loses a finger at some point, too. This book is about the end of the world, and as such, it involves diet cookbooks, self-help gurus, sewer-crawling convicts, overworked editors, the economic collapse of the United States of America and the widespread tilling of alfalfa fields. In the Caveat Emptor, Ferguson describes his book: Happiness tells the story of a self-help book that causes the end of the world (as we know it). Happiness won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in 2002. I am currently reading Canadian Pie as a tertiary book (because it can easily be read that way), and I have just finished reading Happiness, a novel formerly known as Generica. That just made me more curious to check out his funny stuff. There were some disturbing scenes in that book. I was impressed with it, as it opened my eyes to the world of scamming, and the visions of oil-slicked Niger Delta still torment me. Because I don’t often read funny books or travel books, 419 was the first book I read by Ferguson. In 2012, he won the Scotiabank Giller Prize with his novel 419, which is anything but humorous. Some of his best known books include How to Be A Canadian, Beauty Tip s From Moosejaw, and 419. Will Ferguson is a Canadian writer who is well known for his humorous travel writing and observations about Canadian culture.
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