I started reading Canada by Richard Ford at the end of last summer and got halfway through. I picked it up again during Christmas break and forced myself to finish it. In an act of mercy, I put this book out of its misery ;)Canada is a plodding book with way too much attention given to mundane events. The premise is intriguing, and the characters are unusual. But, for the love of God, the pace is slow! In late 1950's Montana, the parents of 15-year-old twins Dell and Berner are arrested for robbing a bank, throwing this strange little family off its already sad and dysfunctional trajectory. Berner runs away to California and Dell reluctantly begins an adventure in Canada. And that's it.
