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    Spanish Fly
    Spanish Fly
    Spanish Fly
    Audiobook13 hours

    Spanish Fly

    Written by Will Ferguson

    Narrated by David Aaron Baker

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    About this audiobook

    Will Ferguson's Spanish Fly was long-listed for an IMPAC Dublin Award and short-listed for a Leacock Medal for humor. Times are tough for young Jack McGreary in the American Dust Bowl. Living with his father, Jack is only getting by thanks to a solid repertoire of cons and scams. Everything gets shaken up, though, when shysters Virgil Ray and Miss Rose roll into town. Recognizing them as first-class scam artists, Jack gleefully joins their criminal band. Soon a budding romance between Jack and Miss Rose begins to bloom, but is it on the up-and-up?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateDec 4, 2009
    ISBN9781440773983
    Spanish Fly
    Author

    Will Ferguson

    WILL FERGUSON is a three-time winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour. His novels include his debut, HappinessTM, which sold in twenty-three languages; 419, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize; and The Finder, which won the 2021 Arthur Ellis Award for Crime Fiction. With his brother, Ian, he is the co-author of the mega-bestseller How to Be a Canadian. Will Ferguson lives in Calgary.

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    • 4/5
      The Depression, the dustbowl, a handful of con artists. Spanish Fly is a compelling read -- hilarious, rich in historical detail, and oh-so-smart. Will Ferguson makes me feel like I'm watching a card trick, the way he keeps on surprising me even though I'm watching so closely.
    • 4/5
      The title of this book has now changed from Spanish Fly - to - Hustle. The Story is good and at times fast paced at other times slow. The cons were well explained although perhaps some times too much detail hence the slowing down of the pace. Main characters I liked and the ending quite tidy considering this is a book about cons and con artists the ending I always thought would be and indeed had to be some kind of con - but then again a lot of endings are just that - 'cons'
    • 4/5
      Ferguson takes you to a world of beautiful motor cars, con artists and drama just before WWII. There's even a soundtrack of jazz music. The cons are fascinating and the conclusion well delivered - very enjoyable.