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'''''Albatross''''' is the seventh novel by ] author ].<ref name=CanadaAlbatrossFallis/><ref name=therecord2019-12-16/> It was published in August 2019. It earned a place on '']''{{'}}s bestseller list a week after publication.<ref name=nelsonstar2020-01-10/> |
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==Plot== |
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Hero Adam Coryell unexpectedly finds himself to be a golf prodigy.<ref name=thestar2019-08-07/> Unfortunately he wants to be a writer, and he hates golf.<ref name=cbc2019-08-20/><ref name=reviewcanada2019-11/> |
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==Reviews== |
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''The Globe and Mail''{{'}}s review asserted ''"This novel has a fable-like quality and philosophical depths that Fallis plumbs with a deceptive subtlety – you’ll come for the story about an athletic whiz kid, and leave contemplating where true happiness really lies, both in Adam’s life and your own."''.<ref name=theglobeandmail2019-08-19/> |
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| url = https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2019/08/06/hero-just-wants-to-write-like-john-irving-in-terry-fallis-new-book-albatross.html |
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| title = Hero 'just wants to write like John Irving' in Terry Fallis' new book Albatross |
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| author = Nancy Wigston |
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| date = 2019-08-07 |
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| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-three-reads-for-hot-summer-days |
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| title = Three reads for hot summer days |
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| author = Sarah Laing |
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| date = 2019-08-19 |
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| url = https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2019/11/golf-clap/ |
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| title = Golf Clap: Teeing up a new novel |
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| author = Zuri H. Scrivens |
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| date = November 2019 |
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| url = https://o.canada.com/entertainment/books/terry-falliss-novel-albatross-favours-the-hopeless-and-hapless |
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| title = Albatross: Terry Fallis |
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| author = Jamie Portman |
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| date = 2019-08-30 |
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| url = https://www.nelsonstar.com/community/award-winning-novelist-terry-fallis-offers-workshop-in-nelson/ |
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| title = Award-winning novelist Terry Fallis offers workshop in Nelson |
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| url = https://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/9777902-at-the-library-albatross-by-terry-fallis/ |
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| title = At The Library: Albatross by Terry Fallis |
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| author = Natalie Gibbons |
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| date = 2019-12-16 |
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| url = https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/tuesday-aug-20-2019-terry-fallis-todd-mcfarlane-and-more-1.5252146/terry-fallis-explores-a-universal-dilemma-in-his-brand-new-novel-albatross-1.5252150 |
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| title = Terry Fallis explores a universal dilemma in his brand-new novel, Albatross |
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| author = Emma Godmere |
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| date = 2019-08-20 |
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