The Shoe On The Roof Review

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The shoe on the roof review.

A review of will ferguson s the shoe on the roof. Thomas rosanoff s father is a psychiatrist who used his son as his own lab rat. His entire childhood was an experiment run by his father who is now a pioneer in the field. A while ago my father had deep brain stimulation surgery to help ease the symptoms of his parkinson s disease.

The shoe on the roof focuses heavily on psychological disorders and the brain itself. Is a sense of oneness with god nothing more than a reaction to stimulation in a specific part of the brain. Is madness a choice. There is quite a bit of information about the brain and psychology but it s written in really accessible language and doesn t feel a bit like an info dump.

The novel exposes the unhealthy effects of his father s experimental ways. He s a humourist and he also wrote a fairly serious suspense thriller called 419 that won the scotiabank giller prize a few years back. Reviews back to book reviews. Review by jennifer mccartney.

Don t worry too much if you don t have a background in psychology going into this book. Netgalley provided a copy of the epub in exchange for an honest review. These are some of the questions posed by will ferguson in his. What happens is that surgeons put wires into your brain while you re awake.

The main character thomas is a grad student trying to obtain his phd but is unable to chose a thesis. Will ferguson s novel the shoe on the roof is a truly original look at the relationship between son and father. Can a person be driven sane through behaviour modification and tough love. The shoe on the roof book cover.

The shoe on the roof is a fast read and sometimes a fun one but left me feeling it could have been so much more. The good points of the shoe on the roof. Will ferguson s the shoe on the roof is a tale for the times. In the shoe on the roof will ferguson s latest novel there are would be christs aplenty too.

Canada s will ferguson is known for two things.