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Son of a Critch : a childish Newfoundland memoir  Cover Image Book Book

Son of a Critch : a childish Newfoundland memoir / Mark Critch.

Critch, Mark, (author.).

Summary:

What could be better than growing up in the 1980s? How about growing up in 1980s Newfoundland, which--as Mark Critch will tell you--was more like the 1960s. Take a trip to where it all began in this funny and warm look back on his formative years. Here we find a young Mark trick-or-treating at a used car lot, getting locked out of school on a fourth-floor window ledge, faking an asthma attack to avoid being arrested by military police, trying to buy beer from an untrustworthy cab driver, shocking his parents by appearing naked onstage--and much more. Best known as the "roving reporter" for CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Mark Critch has photo-bombed Justin Trudeau, interviewed Great Big Sea's Alan Doyle (while impersonating Alan Doyle), offered Pamela Anderson a million dollars to stop acting, and crashed White House briefings. But, as we see in this playful debut, he's been causing trouble his whole life. Son of a Critch captures the wonder and cluelessness of a kid trying to figure things out, but with the clever observations of an adult, and the combination is perfect.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780735235069
  • Physical Description: 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto : Viking, 2018.
Subject: Critch, Mark.
Critch, Mark > Childhood and youth.
Television actors and actresses > Canada > Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses > Canada > Biography.
Comedians > Canada > Biography.
Newfoundland and Labrador > Biography.

Available copies

  • 15 of 17 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Fort Nelson Public Library. (Show preferred library)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Fort Nelson Public Library 791.4502 CRI (Text) 35246000961902 Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library 791.45028092 CRI (Text) 35146002106680 Non-Fiction Not holdable Lost and Paid -
Castlegar Public Library VAN47394561011256 (Text) BCD47394561011256 On Order Volume hold On order -
Creston Public Library BIO CRI (Text) 35140100049181 Biographies Volume hold Available -
Fort St. John Public Library 791.45 CRI (Text) 35211000388241 ADULT Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Houston Public Library 7100 CRI (Text) 35150001722349 Adult Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
Mackenzie Public Library CRI (Text) 35192000411870 Biographies & Memoirs Volume hold Available -
Nelson Public Library B CRI (Text) 3514830029550 Biography Volume hold Available -
Smithers Public Library ANF 791.4502 CRI (Text) 35101000564794 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Tumbler Ridge Public Library ANF 791.45 CRITC (Text) TRL24581 Biography Volume hold Available -


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