Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town | The Book Critics

All of the characters are hilarious in their own way: Mr. Smith, the proprietor of the local hotel and bar, full of schemes to earn money while trying to get his liquor license back. Then there is Jefferson Thorpe, ... inflated.) Orillia now awards the annual “Leacock Medal for Humor” â€" Canada's top literary prize for the best book of humour for the preceding year. Leacock died when I was six, but I did know his son, who still lived in town. I delivered ...