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By writing The Hindmost, Barry Kennedy has shown himself to be the antichrist of Peter Mayle. For those of you who don't know, Peter Mayle writes about colourful, deviant, wealthy people who skip about in exotic locales whilst planning mischievous plots of intrigue and adventure. Barry writes about people who are colourful, deviant and poor who drudge alongside the wrong side of the tracks during a grey, miserable Toronto winter. They too are planning mischievous plots of intrigue and adventure, only the locales are greasy spoons, taverns, rooming houses, a basement apartment and a second rate comedy club. Nonetheless, the story is a delight. The reader will find themselves laughing out loud at some Barry's wonderfully crafted scenes - shaking their head at the cast of losers who juggle their daily misfortunes and victories that permeate the pages of this book. But behind the wit and sarcasm are true struggles that we can all identify with.