Thursday, April 13, 2023

CBC's 100 Best Canadian Novels ~ 419 by Will Ferguson



  1. 419 scams are a type of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, which the fraudster requires a small up-front payment to obtain.


The last Will Ferguson book I read was Canadian Pie.  419 is so completely different and it is "genius" just as the cover says.

This book is about the effects of a 419 scam on a family and it also tells so much about life on the other side of the world where the scam that caused a Canadian father to take his own life originated. 

The writing is absorbing and cinematic.  This is one of those books you won't want to put down until the very last page.


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