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The Slip

The Slip

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Paperback (27 Jul 2017)

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Publisher's Synopsis

In this wickedly funny novel, one bad afternoon and two regrettable comments make the inimitable Philip Sharpe go viral for all the worst reasons.

Dr. Philip Sharpe, absent-minded professor extraordinaire, teaches philosophy at the University of Toronto and is one of Canada's most combative public intellectuals. But when a live TV debate with his fiercest rival goes horribly off the rails, an oblivious Philip says some things to her that he really shouldn't have.

As a clip of Philip's "slip" goes viral, it soon reveals all the cracks and fissures in his marriage with his young, stay-at-home wife, Grace. And while the two of them try to get on the same side of the situation, things quickly spiral out of control.

Can Philip make amends and save his marriage? Is there any hope of salvaging his reputation? To do so, he'll need to take a hard look at his on-air comments, and to conscript a band of misfits in a scheme to set things right.

Book information

ISBN: 9781459735750
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Pub date:
Edition: C format original
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 283g
Height: 215mm
Width: 139mm
Spine width: 20mm