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Labrador Fiasco, The
 

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1 1986-00-00 Bloomsbury Publishing  

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Margaret Atwoods latest literary gem, The Labrador Fiasco, is inextricably linked with another book The Lure of the Labrador Wild. This is a story-within-a-story and it is a nice fit. Atwood writes of a father who has suffered a stroke and is being read to by his wife. His favourite book is The Lure of the Labrador Wild, the tragic expedition of two American adventurers who made an ill-planned attempt to traverse Labrador by canoe. Not heeding the advice of the local guide Leonidas Hubbard, the leader of the expedition, soon found himself in trouble, on the wrong route and a harsh winter bearing down on them. The father was an accomplished outdoorsman when he was younger and he is quick to respond to the many errors made by the young American adventurer that caused his tragic end. These two books are lovingly interconnected. Atwood"s precise and subtle creation of these scenes between the couple are extremely moving. The final effect is that each story fully enhances the impact of the other.
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