Morgan Murray
Author of Dirty Birds
Works by Morgan Murray
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Common Knowledge
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Canada
- Places of residence
- Mabou, Cape Breton, Novia Scotia, Canada
- Relationships
- Beaton, Kate (spouse)
Members
Reviews
Statistics
- Works
- 1
- Members
- 19
- Popularity
- #609,294
- Rating
- 2.5
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 5
Personally, I found some of the humour a little too juvenile for my taste; I don't think destruction of property is funny even when the property owners are rich. And I really don't like what the author did with Leonard Cohen, who is one of my favourite Canadian icons. But, overall, the book is very funny and parodies the hipster, artistic crowd.
I was born in Montreal and lived in Saskatchewan, so there were many parts of the book that I identified with and I liked most of the story. I especially liked the ending, which is a departure from the way these kinds of stories usually end. Even though it made me kind of sad, it was realistic.… (more)