The Shoe On The Roof Review

The shoe on the roof.

The shoe on the roof review.

There is quite a bit of information about the brain and psychology but it s written in really accessible language and doesn t feel a bit like an info dump. Is madness a choice. Will ferguson s novel the shoe on the roof is a truly original look at the relationship between son and father. The novel exposes the unhealthy effects of his father s experimental ways.

The shoe on the roof book cover. Now the only work of his that i ve read aside from his new novel up for review here is 419 which i didn t care for too much. Don t worry too much if you don t have a background in psychology going into this book. Will ferguson s the shoe on the roof is a tale for the times.

A while ago my father had deep brain stimulation surgery to help ease the symptoms of his parkinson s disease. Reviews back to book reviews. He s a humourist and he also wrote a fairly serious suspense thriller called 419 that won the scotiabank giller prize a few years back. His entire childhood was an experiment run by his father who is now a pioneer in the field.

The shoe on the roof focuses heavily on psychological disorders and the brain itself. Three of them wander. Can a person be driven sane through behaviour modification and tough love. The main character thomas is a grad student trying to obtain his phd but is unable to chose a thesis.

The good points of the shoe on the roof. Canada s will ferguson is known for two things. Marcia kaye is an award winning journalist specializing in health issues. Netgalley provided a copy of the epub in exchange for an honest review.

What happens is that surgeons put wires into your brain while you re awake. In the shoe on the roof will ferguson s latest novel there are would be christs aplenty too. A review of will ferguson s the shoe on the roof. Review by jennifer mccartney.

Is a sense of oneness with god nothing more than a reaction to stimulation in a specific part of the brain.