It's true, the Ladies on Literature have now completed our fifth novel since the inception of our book club! Our latest, Spanish Fly, was written by well-known, highly accomplished Canadian author, Will Ferguson, as you well know if you're a regular follower of the LOL Blog....
How are you doing, readers, with the LOL's latest novel? As I'm making my way through Will Ferguson's Spanish Fly, here are some notable parts: Chapter 33 I love the way Ferguson describes the art of the con in musical terms, likening the take to the jazz...
What exactly is Spanish Fly? In the words of the author of the best selling Canadian novel of the same name: "Spanish Fly is a beetle and it's used to incite mating among livestock and what it generally does is it irritates the urinary tract, which...
One of the fascinating aspects of our current book, Spanish Fly, is the multitude of cons. Every chapter is loaded with examples of the types of tricks used by the fast-talking swindlers of the day and those cons are entirely entertaining, especially when relayed by...
I love Fridays, although sometimes I wonder why. I'm not sure having my kids lounge about or demand rides to the mall, movie theater, and friends' houses is actually a break, and with a husband who is a shift worker, it's not like Saturday and...
A third of the way into Will Ferguson's Spanish Fly, I'm really beginning to enjoy this book but I'll be honest...
What do Will Ferguson and Las Vegas have in common? Well, I don't know, really. Mr. Ferguson might be a big time gambler (he's certainly up on his clever crime schemes of the depression-era) or maybe he enjoys a good stiff drink, readily available in any...