The Resource The wagers, Sean Michaels
The wagers, Sean Michaels
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The item The wagers, Sean Michaels represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Thunder Bay Public Library.
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- Summary
- When Theo Potiris performed his stand-up comedy act on Conan at thirty, he thought he'd hit it big. But six years later, he's still spending his days working at his parents' grocery store, bicycling to the local open mic, and writing letters to a girlfriend who lives halfway around the world. Theo's desperate for a break. But when he brings his thirteen-year-old niece to the horse track to place a birthday bet-a Potiris family tradition-the goddess of good luck strikes her instead, in the form of a small fortune. Try as he might to be happy for her, Theo's shock and envy finally push him out of the family nest, away from his comedy dreams and toward a new calling. First, he joins a mysterious corporation called The Rabbit's Foot, which carefully quantifies and cashes in on luck. Then: to a gang of vigilantes, who recruit Theo to help them steal luck from those who carry more than their fair share. The Wagers is a literary motorcycle chase, carried by stylish prose and delightful invention. But it's also an investigation of work and purpose, happiness and art, the randomness of good fortune, and all the ways we choose to wage our lives
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The wagers
- Title
- The wagers
- Statement of responsibility
- Sean Michaels
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- When Theo Potiris performed his stand-up comedy act on Conan at thirty, he thought he'd hit it big. But six years later, he's still spending his days working at his parents' grocery store, bicycling to the local open mic, and writing letters to a girlfriend who lives halfway around the world. Theo's desperate for a break. But when he brings his thirteen-year-old niece to the horse track to place a birthday bet-a Potiris family tradition-the goddess of good luck strikes her instead, in the form of a small fortune. Try as he might to be happy for her, Theo's shock and envy finally push him out of the family nest, away from his comedy dreams and toward a new calling. First, he joins a mysterious corporation called The Rabbit's Foot, which carefully quantifies and cashes in on luck. Then: to a gang of vigilantes, who recruit Theo to help them steal luck from those who carry more than their fair share. The Wagers is a literary motorcycle chase, carried by stylish prose and delightful invention. But it's also an investigation of work and purpose, happiness and art, the randomness of good fortune, and all the ways we choose to wage our lives
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1982-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Michaels, Sean
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Comedians
- Montréal (Québec)
- Label
- The wagers, Sean Michaels
- Control code
- on1104494183
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 368 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735278110
- Lccn
- 2019031476
- Label
- The wagers, Sean Michaels
- Control code
- on1104494183
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 368 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735278110
- Lccn
- 2019031476
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