Fishing for Bacon

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Author: Michael Davie ISBN: 9781897126516
Publisher: NeWest Press Publication: January 1, 1997
Imprint: NeWest Press Language: English
Author: Michael Davie
ISBN: 9781897126516
Publisher: NeWest Press
Publication: January 1, 1997
Imprint: NeWest Press
Language: English

My name's Bacon Sobelowski, and I'm trying to find my someone. Kenny Rogers sings a song that says there's someone for everyone, and in Bellevue where I live, Kenny Rogers' word is gold. It's just too bad my mother thinks girls turn boys into pigs, but that's probably just because my father had enough of her Eggos and walked out.

But maybe she's right. I'm not sure if Sarah is my someone because she got mad and smashed chili peppers into a cut on my head, and maybe my someone wouldn't do that. Karla could be it because she lets me stay at her condo, but she might be too old to be my someone. Then there's Mr. Kwon's daughter, but she's sort of my cousin and I'm not sure if sort-of cousins can be someones at the same time.

I think it might all come down to timing, and if that's true then I'm in trouble. I'm Bacon Sobelowski – who knows if I'll ever find my someone.

Praise for Fishing for Bacon

“The dialogue maintains a nice rhythm for humorous emphases, the gags are well placed and developed, and the plot keeps all its balls in the air for the duration. . . [it] makes for a fun ride, with many laughs along the way."
~ Quill and Quire

"Bacon's story, told in the first person, is funny but painful, not unlike adolescence itself ... Davie's ability to create bizarre, intriguing and yet believable circumstances make this a unique story. Fishing for Bacon is a charming and promising debut."
~ Alberta Views

"A sudden burst of comic energy that, like a field of canola on the Prairie, just goes on and on … It’s also fun to watch Davie, whose first novel this is, exercise a love of the unlikely that boots him out of the predictable and into fresher and much suppler territory. [Davie] has placed himself squarely in the tradition of various classic Prairie writers."
~ National Post

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My name's Bacon Sobelowski, and I'm trying to find my someone. Kenny Rogers sings a song that says there's someone for everyone, and in Bellevue where I live, Kenny Rogers' word is gold. It's just too bad my mother thinks girls turn boys into pigs, but that's probably just because my father had enough of her Eggos and walked out.

But maybe she's right. I'm not sure if Sarah is my someone because she got mad and smashed chili peppers into a cut on my head, and maybe my someone wouldn't do that. Karla could be it because she lets me stay at her condo, but she might be too old to be my someone. Then there's Mr. Kwon's daughter, but she's sort of my cousin and I'm not sure if sort-of cousins can be someones at the same time.

I think it might all come down to timing, and if that's true then I'm in trouble. I'm Bacon Sobelowski – who knows if I'll ever find my someone.

Praise for Fishing for Bacon

“The dialogue maintains a nice rhythm for humorous emphases, the gags are well placed and developed, and the plot keeps all its balls in the air for the duration. . . [it] makes for a fun ride, with many laughs along the way."
~ Quill and Quire

"Bacon's story, told in the first person, is funny but painful, not unlike adolescence itself ... Davie's ability to create bizarre, intriguing and yet believable circumstances make this a unique story. Fishing for Bacon is a charming and promising debut."
~ Alberta Views

"A sudden burst of comic energy that, like a field of canola on the Prairie, just goes on and on … It’s also fun to watch Davie, whose first novel this is, exercise a love of the unlikely that boots him out of the predictable and into fresher and much suppler territory. [Davie] has placed himself squarely in the tradition of various classic Prairie writers."
~ National Post

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