Luck by Joan Barfoot “There is good luck, and there is bad luck, and then there’s the ambiguous sort of luck that’s a lot of this and some of the other.” Philip Lawrence, a robust and pleasure-loving furniture-maker, dies suddenly at the age of forty-six. · The narrative moves seamlessly from one perspective to another with delicious dark humour and wry insight into the nature of death, love, mourning, fundamentalism and luck. Barfoot’s tenth novel, Luck was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. The jury citation reads as follows: “Joan Barfoot is at the peak of her powers with this splendidly realized tragicomedy about a . · Luck by Joan Barfoot. Knopf Canada. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.
Luck by Barfoot, Joan Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Joan Barfoot's previous work has been praised for its wit, empathy and even its wisdom. With LUCK she turns her typically aslant eye, her voice of sly comedy, and her demanding attention, to three extreme women confronted by that extreme inevitability, death itself. Nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Luck, to Joan Barfoot, is more than just the title of her latest novel. She sees the cruel play of chance everywhere: in an innocent woman in Toronto caught in the crossfire of a Mafia shooting.
Joan Barfoot has 14 books on Goodreads with ratings. Joan Barfoot’s most popular book is Luck. Praise for Joan Barfoot’s LUCK “Luck took me right out of myself—I read it in one gulp, and it never let me down. Sharp and surprising but always responsible, no tricks for tricks’ sake, so satisfying, with its shifting and puzzles. While the other two novels I read by Joan Barfoot – Plain Jane and Dancing in the Dark – have as themes loneliness and adultery, Luck has death weaving throughout it. The premise is interesting: Philip lives with three women: his wife, a secret lover and a beauty queen.
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