But, I think that the reason I responded to this book, sort of paradoxically, is that it starts out like The Big Chill, sort of. Four friends, who are not quite happy with their life, and every year they get together for a week and look for some comfort from each other.
“It would be unthinkable in Canadian public life today for the public inauguration of our supreme political figures to be accompanied by prayer.”
“Contradiction was something I really like when it is embraced in that kind of philosophy.”