Literary Non Fiction - Humour

Leacock merit medallist Gordon Kirkland drives the point home with funny-bone accuracy. Kirkland’s syndicated newspaper column is no stranger to Canadian and US audiences, and in this premium collection, Kirkland fans will find it all.

Drawing humour out of everyday situations such as trying to stay awake while on an all-night drive through the mountains, or the skewed memory of a long-lost office affair, Kirkland keeps the lines rolling and the laughs churning.

“Spoof is stronger than fiction” says For Better of For Worse humorist Lynn Johnston, and in Never Stand Behind A Loaded Horse

“ . . . If life is a load then laugh at it. This is Gordon Kirkland’s take on the stress of survival. His writing is an affirmation that we’re all in the same boat — it just leaks in different places Nothing is safe from his crack-the-wit columns, which is why I love to read his stuff . . . I just wouldn't want to be married to him!” — Lynn Johnston (For Better or For Worse)

• One of five finalists for the 2005 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour