How to Be a Canadian by Will Ferguson5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() One reviewer had it right: ‘Like Bryson, Ferguson is often as his best (and laugh-out-loud funniest) when most annoyed.’, such as when he realizes he’s the creepy old man in the youth hostel or when he gets trapped in a church during pilgrim ceremonies. (There’s a passage in Hitching Rides with Buddha that actually makes me tear up but that never happened in this book). There were plenty of sentences that made me grin while I was reading and there were plenty of sentences that made me feel rather sad and melancholic. The aspect of Ferguson’s books I love most is the way he can blend humour and serious reflection (that’s the best way I can think of to describe it…). Beyond Belfast, the story of his ambitious undertaking to walk the Ulster Way (a 560 mile path around Northern Ireland) will be released in soft-cover just before my birthday and I will definitely be putting it on my wishlist. Still have to read Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw and I’m sure I’ll get around to his fiction one day.Anyhow. The only other book I’ve read by him, aside from this one, is How to Be Canadian. My favourite book by Ferguson is Hitching Rides With Buddha. ![]() I’ve enjoyed him since we first studied Why I Hate Canadians in grade 11 history. Will Ferguson is a Canadian author known for his books about his travels and about Canadians. Buy: Chapters | Check your local bookstore! ![]()
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