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How to Be a Canadian

Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson have compiled everything you need to know to pass as a regular Canadian.

Will Ferguson & Ian Ferguson

When Margaret Atwood suggested Will Ferguson follow up his runaway best-seller Why I Hate Canadians with a "tongue-in-cheek guidebook for newcomers on how to be Canadian," Will thought it was a swell ideaand he quickly recruited his brother, comedy writer Ian Ferguson. Together, the Ferguson brothers have created the ultimate guide to Canadian cultural quirks. This is a hilarious inside look at that unique species, the Canadian, and their thoughts on such diverse subjects as beer, sex, dating rituals, sports, politics, religion and, of course, their trademark death-defying search for the middle of any road. (FromDouglas &McIntyre)

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From the book

Canada is a very large nation, most of which is above water. A "continental cornice stone" located between Greenland and Irkutsk, Canada is where the bombs will land when the U.S. Strategic Defence Initiative takes effect.


From How to Be aCanadian byWill Ferguson and Ian Ferguson 2007. Published byDouglas &McIntyre.

Author interviews

The author of "Road Trip Rwanda" and the Giller Prize-winning "419" reveals his greatest fear, his idea of perfect happiness, and more.