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Some Great Thing by Colin McAdam is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><p>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&#58; Brash, Bright, And Ready For The Taking. <p>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.</p><h3>the Washington Post - Lev Raphael</h3><p>&#8230; Mcadam Displays A Superb Ear For Dialogue, Especially When His Characters Are Ranting Or Lying About What They Want. In The End, <i>some Great Thing</i> Is A Novel About The Fruitless Longing To Create Something That Will Withstand The Savage Fist Of Time. Despite The Roar Of Earth Movers, The Clack Of Bricks Being Laid In Course After Course And The Scrape Of Plastering, The Spirit Of Shelley's Ozymandias Hangs Over It

Who reads Some Great Thing?

Author

Colin McAdam

Publisher

Harcourt

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780151010288

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.14 / 5 (83 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13