A burnt-out political aide quits just before an election, but is forced to run a hopeless campaign on the way out, so he makes a deal with a crusty old Scot, Angus McLintock, to be the candidate. He figures there'll be no need to campaign as Angus will be certain to lose, but then a great scandal blows away his opponent. Angus decides to see what good an honest M.P. who doesn't care about being re-elected can do in Parliament. Winner of the 2008 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour and the 2011 CBC Canada Reads programme. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 2007.
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