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Jerry McGuinty is a simple, self-made builder who claims he can plaster a wall that will change your life. Simon Struthers is a disaffected businessman who proves the old adage about money and happiness. Together they face the new Ottawa of the seventies: brash, bright, and ready for the taking.
With their different careers and successes, these two strangers seek to carve out their own happiness-Jerry with his new wife, Simon with his endless affairs and intrigues. But love can be suffocated by the drive to succeed, and individuals crushed by greed and progress. Only when both men realize what they have to lose will their lives finally intersect, and the story spiral to its astonishing conclusion.
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Dedication: Dedicated, with love, to Jaci, Sean, Howard
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Energetic, Ambitious Debut
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 June 2004; (p. 2a)
— Review of Some Great Thing 2004 single work novel -
A Builder's Life Makes Stage of the Page
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 May 2004; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Some Great Thing 2004 single work novel
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A Builder's Life Makes Stage of the Page
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 May 2004; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Some Great Thing 2004 single work novel -
Energetic, Ambitious Debut
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 June 2004; (p. 2a)
— Review of Some Great Thing 2004 single work novel
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