Terry Fallis

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WINNER OF THE STEPHEN LEACOCK MEDAL FOR HUMOUR

Here’s the set up: A burnt-out politcal aide quits just before an election—but is forced to run a hopeless campaign on the way out. He makes a deal with a crusty old Scot, Angus McLintock—an engineering professor who will do anything, anything, to avoid teaching English to engineers—to let his name stand in the election. No need...

"This is the story of a young copywriter in New York City. He's worked at the same agency for fifteen years, and with a recent promotion under his belt, life is good. Then, one morning he finds himself unceremoniously fired from his job, and after he catches his live-in girlfriend moving out of their apartment a couple hours later, he's also single. Believe it or not, these aren't the biggest problems in his life. There's something bigger, something...

Just when Daniel Addison thinks he can escape his job as a political aide, Angus McLintock, the no-hope candidate he helped into Parliament, throws icy cold water over his plans. Angus has just brought down the government with a deciding vote. Now the crusty Scot wants Daniel to manage his next campaign.

Angus McLintock is now the junior global affairs minister. While in London to meet with their international counterparts, Chief of Staff Daniel Addison receives a cryptic: Chechen separatists are plotting to assassinate the Russian President - and it's going to happen when he's in Ottawa to meet with the Prime Minister. In an instant, Angus and Daniel are thrown into a race against the clock to uncover the Chechen sleeper cell, thwart their plans,...